Ben WaberWild asparagus is still growing in Boston, and it's absolutely delicious! After snacking on a few sprigs I continued a nice bike ride while listening to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
First was an engaging session on the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest at the LSE with @abpowell, Chris Wiggins, and Erin Young https://www.youtube.com/live/tLIV4xglf3c?si=bh1s48PYK8CIcR3j&t=680 (2/5)
The power of data: ethics, politics, and public interest | LSE Event
Next was a great talk by Pinelopi Goldberg on the role and effect of different industrial policy approaches at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv2mW25_Dug (3/5) #economics
PINELOPI GOLDBERG ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Next was an excellent talk by @dgomezara on how all-female and female-led teams drive more breakthrough ideas in science and innovation at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWxoa7b2vuI (4/5) #science #ScienceOfScience
Wed@NICO - 5/7/25 - Diego Gómez-Zará
Last was "The Age of Capital" by Eric Hobsbawm. This is his follow up to his book on the previous 50 years, and it's structured quite similarly and has similar benefits and flaws. The chapters that focus on the economy are focused and informative. However, the rest of the book is a fairly by-the-numbers review of European history in this time period, with the huge caveat that Hobsbawm is more openly racist about non-Western cultures here
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/7395177/s/an-informative-but-problematic-history#anchor-7395177 (5/5) #history
