Jonathan Stein

Writer | Journalist. Views are my own, sadly

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

“It is not a historical accident that the mentor of Alexander the Great was Aristotle”

This is from a conversation with @ChessScholar about the distinction between games and gamification, the latter of which has been spreading everywhere for a while:

https://t.co/WS05rN6hs5

[SPEAK UK @speakukorg]

Today, we’re launching SPEAK.

Every year, thousands of people in the UK are arrested for what they say online.

We’re going to change that. 🎥

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

If you’re wealthy and thinking about leaving the UK, you may want to think twice. You could stay and hang out with Liz Truss
https://t.co/nIehdmT9rV

[Tasmin Lockwood @journotas]

We need more people willing to call out BS even when it's against their best interest, why do comedians seem to be the only ones willing to do this

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

@swan_memecoin @DigitalFrontier @stacyspikes @nateliason interested if you could say more @swan_memecoin, do you think movies got worse or we just want more interesting experiences? something else?

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

A world in which #HouseMD doesn't make sense anymore

AI models can predict difficult medical diagnoses better than humans:

https://t.co/HciAcoPqM6

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

@alys_key I don't have it anymore, but my econ club t-shirt in college may or may not have said "Economists do it with models" and "Economists supply it on demand"

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

Will a bet on the success of Akiva Schaffer’s reboot of #NakedGun affect how much you laugh at it?

On prediction markets, gambling, and the attention economy:

https://t.co/IpYQe170NW

[Alys Key @alys_key]

My latest article, in which I implore you to please be nice to the machines

[Digital Frontier @DigitalFrontier]

If you want to understand how the UK is really changing, not just the headlines, but the systems, fixes and people behind them, you need UK 2.0 in your inbox. @alys_key reports on what matters before it matters every week 🇬🇧

Subscribe here: https://t.co/jgwZ3gCqbE

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

(This was an exercise in talking into the void, as the X algorithm will suppress all this Substack talk)

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

From where is the authority on Substack derived?Notably, @DKThomp brings pre-established credibility to the platform, but other means of trust and value are a bit less obvious: 🧵

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

I'll be writing more about this soon, but for now here are some inaugural thoughts:

https://t.co/jiuxa0S7bV

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

Writing about prediction markets can be very distracting as I now want to place a wager on every single Polymarket trade. What's the craziest thing you have bet on?

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

https://t.co/jiuxa0S7bV

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

A reflection on the true aim of Substack and how it functions to uncover the best writing on the platform

[Jonathan Stein @j_stein7]

Decoding the nightlife crisis

https://t.co/QY5GH5GiFy

[Digital Frontier @DigitalFrontier]

No big deal just @ameliakisaacs rocking the stage at @thenextweb with Matej Pfajfar (CTO @monzo), Natasha Govender-Ropert (Head of AI @Rabobank) and Pernilla Sjöholm (@idfier_).

AI, fraud and the future of money 🕵️‍♀️💸