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.
https://t.co/mpDHilU15w
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.
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: https://t.co/wTZaAuy1wr
"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.
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.”
Kat Rosenfield @katrosenfield straddles a lot between @TheFP and yoga, not to mention her *new book.*
On media microspheres & more… https://t.co/XK7Aj2K9Rd
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: https://t.co/jc8EQY2Mx8
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. https://t.co/3Odraq5GVH
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.
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.
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.
https://t.co/sO0wKDWWOi