Charles Chuman

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[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@davidmsolomon @GoldmanSachs Thanks to @JWeisenthal, @TracyAlloway, @bgurley, and @davidmsolomon for the thoughtful leadership 🧵

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

THREAD: Why David Solomon’s OddLots Conversation Matters
- AI, future of work, practical career advice for all, especially new grads

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@davidmsolomon @GoldmanSachs 6/ Given AI fears and political uncertainty, having leaders who combine experience with groundedness is a gift. Solomon, like Gurley, models something increasingly rare: wisdom without arrogance.

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

Reading this, I’m reminded of @nntaleb’s reflection in #Antifragile on the Greek Orthodox fasting calendar, which suggests that alongside diet type, periodic fasting rhythms might be an additional variable shaping long-term health.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The link between diet and cancer types in 1.8 million people, 9 prospective cohorts
Media is reporting it as vegetarians have lower risk of 5 cancers, but it's more nuanced than that.
media example
https://t.co/y071legOEa
paper https://t.co/Fv1nqlPtlo

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

Fascinating.
Considering shared evolutionary history and what is already known about animal communication, it makes sense that some foundations of language run much deeper in our cross-species lineage than once thought.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

In linguistics studies across cultures, humans have been shown to associate certain nonwords with shapes; the iconic example is “bouba,” which associates with a round shape, and “kiki,” which sounds spiky.

In a new Science study, researchers report that the bouba-kiki effect is also exhibited by newly hatched chickens.

The authors propose that such sound-shape correspondences may belong to a set of innate cross-modal associations that are shared across species, rather than being a speech-related phenomenon that is distinctive to humans.

📄: https://t.co/JC6GvitgEu
#SciencePerspective: https://t.co/csaa2BiTG5

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

A leader meeting the moment:

PM Carney’s #Davos address is a clear-eyed, principled & pragmatic framework for how middle powers can navigate the decline of the old order.

Wise, urgent, and concrete. Read it in full. via @yarotrof

https://t.co/a2gBERK7kh

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@elidourado @MarathonFusion We’re in an era where it’s hard to differentiate a hoax joke from research that’s actually receiving funding and could show results.

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

How could the Euro or Yuan become reserve currencies?
Setser outlines a few possibilities.
👉Great thread

[Brad Setser @Brad_Setser]

I generally agree with the distinguished economic historian Barry Eichengreen. But I think he is a bit too pessimistic here -- the euro has its limits, but I suspect it would work reasonably well as a vehicle currency that lubricates global trade and finance

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[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@UChicago And tucked away: a replica of the Grotto of Lourdes. A quiet, cool pause.

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

Visited Dominican University in River Forest today. Quaintly beautiful and full of quiet surprises. 🏛️🌿
@DominicanU #riverforest

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@UChicago Then I turned a corner and ran into Lincoln perfectly at home among the trees.

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@Stealx @RahmEmanuel And the third photo is of the Obama Presidential Center, I believe

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@emilynussbaum “The Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie:
“Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side?”

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@TanyaGold1 Even if you aren’t interested in UK politics, it’s worth reading for the sociological descriptions and quality writing

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

“Even among the post-industrial towns of northern England, Rochdale, the setting for the ugliest by-election in memory Thursday, has a haunted quality. The town hall is a Gothic palace that looks as if it could, if asked, drip blood.”

[Charles Chuman @charleschuman]

@TanyaGold1’s article in Politico about George Galloway’s return to parliament - and the conditions of his Rochdale constituency- is a vivid, evocative read as you can see from the opening paragraph:
https://t.co/wxXPWu3mwg