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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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It was an absolutely gorgeous day for the Boston Marathon, and away from the crowd I was able to also enjoy talks for my !

Weekly reminder that if you want to receive these playlists in email form, you can subscribe here: https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/12)

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First was a wide-ranging panel on fast fashion and racial capitalism at Brown University with Minh-Ha T. Pham, Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum, and Dina Siddiqi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RUi6Bzy84 (2/12)

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Next was an interesting talk by Emmanuel Bouju on the historical narratives around debt and credit at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXkQT5IoE4 (3/12)

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Next was a short conversation with Chong (Steven) Xiao on how ESG ratings predict consumer purchasing patterns to a surprising degree on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzKgqQT8Emg (4/12)

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Next was a great talk by Annie McClanahan on historic discourses around economic decay and stagnation at Brown. McClanahan shows how the same discredited theories about economic limits and inevitable stagnation pop up throughout history, which should give folks pause when considering our current issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO0oFDdWwVk (5/12)

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Next was a thought-provoking talk by Michal Feldman on approximation as the new optimal for complex, algorithmic markets at the LSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e53yJTlTN6Q (6/12)

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Next was a nice panel on narratives of debt at Brown with Emmanuel Bouju and Annie McClanahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6toM4urxQQ (7/12)

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Next was an important talk by Anthony Bogues on wills, debt, and slaves as "property in person" at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHH0fMSfaS8 (8/12)

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Next was an intriguing talk by Joseph Vogl on the systemic ascendancy of modern finance at Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuWUoD_ip5s (9/12)

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Clearly spring is in the air for turkeys, and while enjoying the seasonal wildlife activity I was also able to listen to some talks for my ! (1/8)

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First was the first day of the conference at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. This was a packed day, and particularly noteworthy for me was a pre-generative AI talk by @pamelasamuelson on interfaces and interoperability after Google v. Oracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4O-7rKVd8 (2/8)

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Next was an intriguing talk by Philipp Strack on privacy preserving models at the CEPR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOX7pXMx_d8 (3/8)

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Next was a great talk by Tobias Klein on the importance of user-generated data for search result quality using a novel experiment at the Toulouse School of Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR54cMTVBs&t=9s (4/8)

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Spring held on for another day, and luckily I was able to go out for a decent run accompanied by talks for my ! (1/6)

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First was a nice slate of talks at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law by Martijn Snoep (an enforcer's perspective on the green and digital transition), @kasnder (Ticketmaster, online bots, and the price of concert tickets), and Maria José Schmidt-Kessen (human rights and corporate sustainability due diligence for improving antitrust law) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vczQsxVQajA (2/6)

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Next was an important panel on the ethics of weight loss drugs at the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities with Andrew Kraftson and Gina Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVWbcLYeZ4 (3/6)

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Next was a fantastic pair of talks by Justine Haekens (analysis of Spotify playlist composition through the lens of copyright and competition law) and @JuanDGut (implementation of AI by Colombia's competition agency and IP office) at Maastricht University. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNiyQSdPysI (4/6)

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Next was a great talk by Guido Imbens on causality in economics at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjw20ne3P1Q (5/6)

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Last was an excellent talk by @jtlg on generative AI and copyright at the Allen Institute for AI. Favorite quote: "It's not at all obvious that the incentives to create of the sort that copyright offers are the appropriate system of law to govern this new [technology]. It may be that what replaces copyright due to generative AI is as different from copyright as copyright was from the patronage system that came before it." Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPhm4zBp00 (6/6)

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wow… $100,000/year college is right around the corner. CMU isn't quite there, and lots of students don't pay the full price… but $86k?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/your-money/paying-for-college/100k-college-cost-vanderbilt.html

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@jbigham Massive collapse of mid tier universities is right around the corner, especially mid tier schools charging prices like this. Assuming they got a job instead, or go to a community college while working, after 4 years kids who forgo these schools will be at least $550K ahead. It's unlikely the differential earnings from a 4 year degree would come even close to making up this gap

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@jbigham I would argue that at schools like CMU it's a valid argument, but after you get out of the top tier the brand cachet is worth very little and students will certainly learn just as much at community colleges for a small fraction of the cost.

I think the timing on them going out is relatively short - a few decades

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I always forget how outlandish business/econ seminar Q&A culture is.

Derailing a speaker on their third side? Normal, expected, encouraged.

Waiting to ask a question until the end of a talk?

Black Panther “We don’t do that here”

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@bkeegan I have discovered that accounting specifically is the worst - one of the top conferences intentionally interrupts speakers after 5 minutes to allow for questions - which always last at least 5 minutes.

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Earthquake in NJ!!

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@andresmh Your first?

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@andresmh I've been in a bunch in Japan but they were smaller than this one. Although for one I was in a skyscraper and the building tilted significantly - it's supposed to do that, but seeing the horizon at a significant angle was disconcerting

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look what came in the mail??

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@jbigham @andresmh IS INESCAPABLE AND WHY ISN'T THE HEADLINE IN ALL CAPS?

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