Asia-based writer & author of Trust Your Mind, about groupthink & self-silencing. Harvard/Berkeley/CNN/Fast Company alum. More nuance on Insta ✌️
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Join Lee Fang @lhfang & I May 12th at Commonwealth Club World Affairs Council @cwclub to discuss the impact of groupthink on our politics and our minds.
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Remote work hurts mental health. New research out in Science with @emma_k_h and Amanda Pallais. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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What happens when scholarship becomes a prestige chase, and "publish or perish" morphs into "condemn or be ignored"? Has the modern university become a "luxury market for outrage"?
In this deep-dive Interintellect Super Salon "Humanities Status Games," philosopher and Sussex lecturer @danwilliamsphil joined @TheAnnaGat to explore the powerful incentives and status games that shape modern academia.
Williams argued that in a culture where signaling virtue outcompetes seeking truth, we've built an intellectual ecosystem that is brilliant, lopsided, and dangerously self-affirming.
Watch the full discussion to see how a dysfunctional status game leads to dysfunctional outputs in scholarship and politics.
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Simon Johnson and I are hiring a postdoc at MIT to research the history, social implications, and future of technology. The job description and application link are available here: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/…
We're hiring a postdoc at MIT!
The Postdoctoral Associate will work closely with @DAcemogluMIT and @baselinescene to conduct research on the history, social implications and future of technology.
Learn more and apply by June 15: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/…
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If California's billionaire wealth tax passes, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang would pay $8 billion dollars.
His response: "I don't mind paying taxes."
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"If enough people... started to think like this... we could see things turn around in a matter of a decade"
@dr_mcgilchrist tells @freddiesayers that the most vital response to our global crisis is for individuals to prioritise "soul making" through listening and openness.
I’ve been studying Hungarian for a year, learning more about my family origins. Geopolitical history and personal history intertwining is a marvel.
Interesting thesis.
We’re entering a postliterate age. That’s why image-rich Catholicism is trending and text-based Protestantism isn’t.
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Villagers near Hyderabad were surveyed by economists so many times that when another economist showed up & asked a question, an irritated villager said, “Is this for a PhD or M.Phil? I will accordingly make the answer long or short.”
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Sri Lanka declares Wednesdays off as Asian countries try to conserve fuel bbc.in/41ahui4
Kat Rosenfield @katrosenfield straddles a lot between @TheFP and yoga, not to mention her *new book.*
On media microspheres & more… youtu.be/X809xcoAzWQ
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Millions of migrant workers in the Gulf face a harsh dilemma: escape the war and lose their income, or stay and risk their lives. Story by @jpberthelsen: asiasentinel.com/p/gulf-war-…
Join @joshzepps & I Tuesday 8am India Standard Time / 1:30pm Australian Eastern Time eventbrite.com/e/josh-szeps-…
Mohammed Soliman @ThisIsSoliman and I spoke a few days before the war broke out. We discussed the Middle East, West Asia, trade, institutional capacity, and grand strategy.
Join Mohammed Soliman @ThisIsSoliman and I next Tuesday 2/24 at 8am EST / 6:30pm India Standard Time for a conversation about his new book, WEST ASIA. eventbrite.com/e/mohammed-so…
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Borders may rise, but progress has always depended on strangers — and the ideas they bring. Story by @jagowriter: asiasentinel.com/p/we-need-s…
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It is possible to bring people together in a great conversation that transcends us all. I know this because I've lived it and I've seen and enjoyed the fruits of it. In a sane world, we'd all be fighting for it together.
Great conversation, recommend watching
The feeding of reality into narratives leads to democracy going hungry. Why? We were not just talking; in this supersalon, @kylascan and @TheAnnaGat conducted a post-mortem examination of our trust. How are billionaires and bots taking over our conversations, from vibecessions to Fartcoin?
It's scary out there. Let's fix the plot.
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I’ve had a long love affair with Korea, and their cover and title (FALSE EMPATHY) for my latest book has me falling harder.
In true nerdy academic form, I wrote a memoir through the lens of social science. Trust Your Mind shows how to exit groupthink (at least my journey) & what international researchers say in their studies. Grateful to the @interintellect_ team for hosting a deep dive!
How do we lead groups without losing our independent minds? Join @TKPullinger and psychology journalist @bopsource to discover strategies from Trust Your Mind—an Interactive dive into group dynamics and the future of free speech.
interintellect.com/salons/sp…
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How do we build groups that don't just echo each other?
Join Journalist @bopsource and Host @TKPullinger to explore the "hush" of groupthink. Investigate strategies to protect free thought and maintain inclusion.
interintellect.com/salons/sp…