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bwaber

@bwaber@hci.social

Media Lab Visiting Scientist, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics. Most days I'll also post a list of academic talks on AI, management, law, corporate governance, psychology, anthropology, ethics, and similar topics that I've listened to throughout the day (see #AcademicRunPlaylist for examples)

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jbigham, to random
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a year and a half in… it's kind of disappointing that nobody was able to just copy Twitter and not be Elon. that's all we ever really wanted.

bwaber,
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@andresmh @jbigham Oh sign me up for that! Also if you could make a feed that shows the most recent unread post from everyone you follow (only a single post) I would be eternally grateful 🙏

bwaber, to random
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I had a good day hanging out with these guys today as well as listening to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

If you prefer to get my playlists directly to your inbox, you can subscribe here: https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/11)

bwaber,
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First was a great talk by Jordan Ellenberg on the importance of uncertainty and contradiction in math and why mathematics is actually part of the humanities at the Santa Fe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pXQNaS9Oo (2/11)

unseenjapan, to Japan Japanese
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Ramen Jiro, a popular ramen chain with diehard fans, caught fire in Kabukicho and these hard-core mfers kept eating through it.

OP: "I know there are ppl who'd eat til they puked, but eating with your life on the line...Jiro, your last meal on Earth."

bwaber,
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@unseenjapan This is fine

bwaber, to random
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I was able to get out a bit on a lovely day, and I was also able to fit in some time for talks for my ! (1/9)

bwaber,
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First was an interesting panel on the degree to which patents have a chilling effect on overall R&D at the UCL Faculty of Laws with Robin Jacob, Nikolaus Thumm, John Howells, Ken Shadlen, and David Rosenberg. While there wasn't enough examination of the challenges of market entry for my tastes, this is still a good review of evidence in favor of the current patent system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BNaHJzt_Aw (2/9)

bwaber,
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Next was a nice talk by Wei Jiang on disagreement on company valuations at Columbia Business School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj2qU0trvx8 (3/9) #finance

bwaber,
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Next was an intriguing talk by John Lindsay on the history of information science at the University of London School of Advanced Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHVasyQHtg (4/9)

bwaber,
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Next was a great symposium on clinical trial data sharing and reproducibility at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics with Jeffrey Drazen, Harlan Krumholz, and Ameet Sarpatwari. The implications of this discussion go far beyond medicine, applying to many data-intensive disciplines where data collection is labor intensive, ethically fraught, and devalued by the academic community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbJJC2kOdc (5/9) #bioethics #ethics #data #science

bwaber,
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Next was a short talk by Sheena Erete on applying an intersection analysis of structural oppression and power in HCI and design at @hcil_umd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgguEXG3E8 (6/9) #HCI

bwaber,
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Next was an excellent talk by Jonathan Lazar on born-accessible design and the inclusion efforts underway at UMD at the @hcil_umd. The breadth of activities in this area frankly puts most other labs to shame, and should be applauded and emulated/built upon widely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkscqh34L4 (7/9) #HCI #accessibility

bwaber,
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Next was a fascinating talk by Carolina López-Ruiz on the Phoenicians and the development of the Mediterranean seen through the lens of archaeological sites of Tartessos (southern Iberia) at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffcFY8Ssgs (8/9)

bwaber, to random
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It was a bit of a whirlwind day, but I was still able to get out for a bit and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

bwaber,
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First was an informative conversation with Sarosh Kuruvilla on the problems with private regulations for laborers in Asia's clothing factories at the Cornell University ILR School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmftgiY5ETs (2/8)

bwaber,
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Next was a wide-ranging talk by Christena Nippert-Eng on social camouflage from nature to digital settings at CRASSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7aYj2scwSk (3/8)

bwaber,
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Next was an interesting talk by Kevin Hoover on the advent of macroeconomics at the Royal Economic Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139dk89WzyE (4/8)

bwaber,
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Next was an engaging session on industrial policy for innovation at the Harvard Center for International Development with Chiara Criscuolo, Munseob Lee, Barry Naughton, and Ernesto Stein. The examination of Korea's industrial policy was particularly fascinating, especially Hitachi's critical role in making Samsung the behemoth it is today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtvKfONe0bs (5/8)

bwaber,
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Next was an intriguing talk by Teresa Freitas Monteiro on immigrant return intentions and job search behavior when their home country is unsafe at the Economics of Migration seminar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFYGDnaIWNc (6/8)

bwaber,
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Next was a thought-provoking session on industrial policy for SMEs at the Harvard CID with Jie Bai, Michela Giorcelli, and Andrés Zahler. This is an often overlooked area of industrial policy, but as it's arguably the most important it was refreshing to hear it examined in detail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLaQTC7k4tw (7/8)

bwaber,
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Last was a short talk by Zoe Kahn on perspectives on data privacy in rural Togo at the UC Berkeley School of Information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6e1HIWZARg (8/8) #privacy #Togo

hcil_umd, to random
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Our second panel of the day is all about AI and teams. The panel features Susan Campbell, Marine Carpuat, Stephanie Valencia, and Susannah Paletz. To read more about the work on teams and organizations, check out OTTRS: https://ottrs.ischool.umd.edu

bwaber, (edited )
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@andresmh @susannahpaletz @hcil_umd @jbigham @merrie @juhokim @msbernst Not a good social media discussion, but IMO it's extremely problematic to refer to a person using an AI tool as a "team." A person using Google isn't a team, nor could a pencil be considered a teammate in a larger group. They're tools

bwaber, to random
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It's fitting that on a day when I was on campus I spotted a wild beaver, and while I was enjoying the wildlife I also enjoyed listening to some talks for my ! (1/10)

bwaber,
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Next was an interesting talk by Nuren Abedin on the role of ridesharing and social businesses in pushing towards gender equality in Bangladesh at Kyushu University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtb988-oyQ (5/10)

bwaber,
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Next was a great talk by Jon de Quidt on the economic impact of depression at the Royal Economic Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcAPxdg_5o (6/10) #economics #depression

bwaber,
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Next was an engaging panel on the purpose of the Euro and the future of the EU at the @stiglercenter with Joseph Stiglitz and Markus Brunnermeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8bbdJJkA4s (7/10)

bwaber,
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Next was a fascinating talk by Tamar Hodos on the parallels between the Iron Age "globalization" of the Mediterranean and the modern-day iteration at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8Sl7Zr9c0 (8/10)

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