Researching, designing, and prototyping how we can reach the #SDGs and prevent and respond to crises through #DataScience and #ArtificialIntelligence and their intersection with #SocialInnovation, #SocialScience, and #BehaviouralScience.
Interested in #HistoricalSociology and #InternationalRelations, particularly long-term #SocialChange and #FigurationalSociology. Big believer in mission-driven innovation.
#Sociologist looking for a new job after a decade with #UnitedNations. Father of three.
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A system can never truly stabilize. This is why utopias are nonsense: even if you design the most perfect society in which everything works brilliantly, it will still have to cope with war and meteors and pandemics and other factors beyond your control. A system can't just work well, it has to fail well.
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@tveskov Ja, det er sgu smukt.
@Teri_Kanefield har i øvrigt et virkelig godt blog-indlæg ude: https://terikanefield.com/elon-musk-fox-news-and-free-speech-absolutism/
First, some housekeeping: For the next two weeks, I will post on Thursday evenings instead of Saturday because of the holidays and my travel plans. “Free Speech Absolutism” Elon Musk abolished Twitter’s moderation policies and allowed “America’s most prominent Nazi,” Andrew Anglin back onto Twitter along with Donald Trump. He declared himself a “free speech absolutist” and said all voices … Elon Musk, Fox News, and Free Speech Absolutism Read More »
This Friday is the deadline to apply for a 2 year postdoc with me, @tarleton, @maryLgray and @zephoria in our Cambridge MA lab. We are looking for researchers with sharp insights into critical interplays between tech and society. For example, I would love to see applications from scholars working on AI and work futures, including creative work.
Deadline DECEMBER 9.
https://socialmediacollective.org/2022/11/09/smc-postdoc-for-2023/
Foolish me. I spent the weekend worrying about the effects of large language models on our educational mission.
Apparently it take a true visionary like billionaire venture capitalist, post.news backer, and Musk-stan Marc Andreessen to see that the real problem in the AI space is that these academic fields like AI Ethics and AI Safety are trying to CENSOR perfectly innocent algorithms that are simply minding their own business and preserving or exacerbating societal injustices.
I couldn't look more forward to the online learning festival, "Making the System Shift" next week if I tried. https://www.systeminnovation.org/learning-festival-2022
They call it "A free online festival for people creating different systems for a better future" and the list of speakers is incredible. Kudos!
Charles Leadbeater has written the article, "How to Shift a System" to frame the festival. Happy reading! https://www.systeminnovation.org/blog/how-to-shift-a-system
#innovation #SystemInnovation #SocialSystems #SocialInnovation
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨
In PNAS, we theoretically and empirically dissect the concept of "pandemic fatigue": https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2201266119
While WHO feared that "pandemic fatigue" would lead to disregard of health advice, we show that fatigue had effects far beyond the health domain.
Fatigue fueled mistrust, protest & conspiracy beliefs.
A pandemic is far more than a health crisis and social science expertise needs to be central in pandemic management.
Hello Mastodon.
I am looking for new PhD students to come work with me at the Oxford Internet Institute in 22/23 (@oiioxford) to study the future of data privacy and digital rights, the impact of AI and algorithms on digital platforms, and help co-create better digital futures.
Boosts very much appreciated! 🐘
Cory Doctorow
NancyGPT
Carl T. Bergstrom
Kerim Friedman 傅可恩
George Takei 
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Michael Bang Petersen
Luc Rocher 🍃