Ben WaberIt turned into a beautiful day in Boston, and luckily I was able to go out for a nice run and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
First was an amazing talk by Tania Morimoto on soft robots and haptic interfaces for medical care at MIT Robotics. This work is both technically fascinating and a prime example of how to work with practitioners in a field to design technology that is actually useful. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIJPql0fziA (2/4) #robotics
Tania Morimoto: Enabling Advancements in Medical Care with Soft Robots and Haptic Interfaces
Next was a thought-provoking symposium on building a democratic economy at the LSE with Isabelle Ferreras, Mathew Lawrence, and Neil Warner https://www.youtube.com/live/CDHTJjBgiOI?si=8MKZ-vQLqy3G6WeJ&t=290 (3/4) #economics #sociology
Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future | LSE Event
Last was “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now" by Annelise Orleck. This book is best viewed as a loosely organized collection of anecdotes and interviews across the global labor rights movement. The first half of the book has almost no organization, essentially rapid-firing different stories with absolutely no macro perspective, while the second half does a good job reviewing developments in low wage workers rights movements in different geographies
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10573051/s/initially-scattered-but-finishes-strong#anchor-10573051 (4/4)
