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Here’s a few of the books that have shaped the journey of our latest guest, Timothy Beal.
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1. If Bruno Latour is the philosopher of "earth", then Michel Serres is the philosopher of "water".
My latest attempt to imagine alt (perverse?) tech on the horizon of ecological collapse. @Pubintechnet @publicintech @katecrawford pitcases.org/portfolio/tech-…
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Justice Jackson's powerful words, dissenting from the end of affirmative action, come just over 60 years from the day Alabama Governor George Wallace made his stand in the schoolhouse door and tried to prevent integration.
.@JoyceWhiteVance reads Justice Jackson's dissent to ending affirmative action:
"Every moment these gaps persist is a moment in which this great country falls short of actualizing one of its foundational principles—the 'self-evident' truth that all of us are created equal."
"What do you call the arrival of events that have been predicted but, when predicted, were described as distressing or even terrifying?" messaging-custom-newsletters…
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“The climate crisis is becoming a financial crisis.” Likely not soon or big enough … nytimes.com/2023/05/31/clima…
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Folks: We can now all relive Ron DeSantis' humiliating failure to launch! Watch as DeSantis, Elon Musk, and David Sacks struggle to get Twitter Spaces to work in their initial 20+ minute attempt.
If there’s one thing that’s been consistent throughout my now decades long career in higher ed … chronicle.com/article/repair…
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Can't quite believe I'm writing this: Today, 150 African workers behind ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook voted to unionize at a landmark meeting in Nairobi.
These AI workers are invisible, underpaid, and the backbone of the tech in all our pockets:
time.com/6275995/chatgpt-fac…
Thanks @revmamd for wonderful conversation about grief, hope, climate crisis, and a palliative approach to the human future open.substack.com/pub/maryan…
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“The idea of microscopic bits of trash crossing the blood-brain barrier feels like an apt and timely entry into the annals of the apocalyptic imaginary”
nytimes.com/2023/04/20/opini…
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Thanks @revmamd for this great convo! S02 E06 Hope Beyond Hope, open.substack.com/pub/maryan…
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This week on #WITHPod I got to talk to @katecrawford about this inflection point moment in AI. Could do an hour a week on this.
link.chtbl.com/H1_0J49V?sid=…
Remarkable solo performance of “Requiem for Ukraine” (composed by Igor Loboda) by incredibly talented friend Leena Waite youtu.be/UWRFwWA5ko8 via @YouTube
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Was an honor to write the forward for this!
Our latest book review from @drbobcornwall covers the meaningful and prolific theological work found in "Acting in the Wake: Prayers for Justice" by Walter Brueggemann with a foreword by @timothybeal from @wjkbooks. wordandway.org/2023/03/28/re…
"As we make decisions today, how much should we worry about consequences that might take decades or centuries to emerge?" nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magaz…
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In the 12hrs since Bard told me it was trained on Gmail data:
-Google replies (says it's not)
-Elon Musk replies (lol)
-Google adds a 'community note' that this is a Bard error and it's not trained on Gmail
-Some ace memes
What should happen next: Real talk about training data 🧵