Bryan Alexander
@edufuturist.bsky.social
Futurist, academic, writer.
Scanning for recent AI tech developments, from Google to Switzerland:
aiandacademia.substack.com/p/ai-tech-de...
aiandacademia.substack.com/p/ai-tech-de...
AI tech developments in late 2025
Gazing into a steady torrent
aiandacademia.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Scanning for recent AI tech developments, from Google to Switzerland:
aiandacademia.substack.com/p/ai-tech-de...
aiandacademia.substack.com/p/ai-tech-de...
I found this wild infographic of Trump's tariffs via @adamtooze.bsky.social :
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I found this wild infographic of Trump's tariffs via @adamtooze.bsky.social :
Finally watching del Toro's Frankenstein.
Half-way through and am very happy we get the family story at the book's center.
Half-way through and am very happy we get the family story at the book's center.
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Finally watching del Toro's Frankenstein.
Half-way through and am very happy we get the family story at the book's center.
Half-way through and am very happy we get the family story at the book's center.
A professor calls for the California State University system to end its AI implementation for safety reasons:
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
ChatGPT Poses Risk to Student Mental Health (Opinion)
Recent lawsuits suggest ChatGPT poses an unacceptable risk to our students’ mental health.
www.insidehighered.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A professor calls for the California State University system to end its AI implementation for safety reasons:
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
So impressed by student final presentations in our AI seminar.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So impressed by student final presentations in our AI seminar.
Recent research on colleges and universities using technology for teaching: here's our full Forum conversation with the lead authors of the CHLOE report, Bethany Simunich (from Quality Matters) and Richard Garrett (Eduventures).
youtu.be/ZckMKLFHjbI?...
youtu.be/ZckMKLFHjbI?...
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Recent research on colleges and universities using technology for teaching: here's our full Forum conversation with the lead authors of the CHLOE report, Bethany Simunich (from Quality Matters) and Richard Garrett (Eduventures).
youtu.be/ZckMKLFHjbI?...
youtu.be/ZckMKLFHjbI?...
I kvell.
(But am not studying Yiddish there. Instead it's Spanish, French, and chess.)
(But am not studying Yiddish there. Instead it's Spanish, French, and chess.)
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I kvell.
(But am not studying Yiddish there. Instead it's Spanish, French, and chess.)
(But am not studying Yiddish there. Instead it's Spanish, French, and chess.)
Another article about baby boomers and genZ, with Xers not even mentioned:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Another article about baby boomers and genZ, with Xers not even mentioned:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Has anyone else been getting some of these Facebook errors lately?
I've hit a bunch of them over the past week.
I've hit a bunch of them over the past week.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Has anyone else been getting some of these Facebook errors lately?
I've hit a bunch of them over the past week.
I've hit a bunch of them over the past week.
This Anand Giridharadas article about Epstein emails is very powerful, especially as an analysis of elites.
But don't miss the key role he sees higher ed playing:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
But don't miss the key role he sees higher ed playing:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This Anand Giridharadas article about Epstein emails is very powerful, especially as an analysis of elites.
But don't miss the key role he sees higher ed playing:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
But don't miss the key role he sees higher ed playing:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Nice to see my old blog posts about giving up caffeine went back up on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4601...
I should write a followup.
I should write a followup.
A year without caffeine (2013) | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nice to see my old blog posts about giving up caffeine went back up on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4601...
I should write a followup.
I should write a followup.
One glimpse from above:
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
One glimpse from above:
Greetings from somewhere over the east coast, as this flight hurtles towards DCA. (assuming the WiFi works)
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Greetings from somewhere over the east coast, as this flight hurtles towards DCA. (assuming the WiFi works)
I am leaving the POD meeting regretfully.
Definitely the warmest, kindest, most friendly academic meeting I have ever experienced.
Definitely the warmest, kindest, most friendly academic meeting I have ever experienced.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I am leaving the POD meeting regretfully.
Definitely the warmest, kindest, most friendly academic meeting I have ever experienced.
Definitely the warmest, kindest, most friendly academic meeting I have ever experienced.
"Roger Williams University is mandating that most of its full-time employees take a one-week unpaid furlough to tackle its $3.5 million budget deficit."
-Boston Globe
-Boston Globe
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Roger Williams University is mandating that most of its full-time employees take a one-week unpaid furlough to tackle its $3.5 million budget deficit."
-Boston Globe
-Boston Globe
So let's not talk about it:
"This translates to existential risks for billions of people. Not far in the future, but within the next few years for extreme events, and within decades for tipping points"
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So let's not talk about it:
Listening to a heartbreaking presentation by faculty developers from Green Mountain College, describing how they processed that school's shutdown.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Listening to a heartbreaking presentation by faculty developers from Green Mountain College, describing how they processed that school's shutdown.
RFK keeps making things worse.
Hey, why don't we just go full-bore 17th century reenactment?
Hey, why don't we just go full-bore 17th century reenactment?
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RFK keeps making things worse.
Hey, why don't we just go full-bore 17th century reenactment?
Hey, why don't we just go full-bore 17th century reenactment?
This week's vanishing point, Florida:
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This week's vanishing point, Florida:
A student told me she collected old CDs and I swear I felt several of my dark hairs turn grey.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A student told me she collected old CDs and I swear I felt several of my dark hairs turn grey.
Reposted by Bryan Alexander
Democratic messaging to our military about killing civilians extrajudicially is too polite. Soliders, sailors and Marines need fair warning that at a future point, a restored military judicial process will review these slayings, and those executing an unlawful order will be subject to that process.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Democratic messaging to our military about killing civilians extrajudicially is too polite. Soliders, sailors and Marines need fair warning that at a future point, a restored military judicial process will review these slayings, and those executing an unlawful order will be subject to that process.
Learning about and from the CHLOE report on the Future Trends Forum just now:
1) They are shifting from annual to every two year issues. Every *other* year they'll dive into some specific issue.
2) Rising campus offerings of non-credentialed online learning: certificates.
1) They are shifting from annual to every two year issues. Every *other* year they'll dive into some specific issue.
2) Rising campus offerings of non-credentialed online learning: certificates.
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Learning about and from the CHLOE report on the Future Trends Forum just now:
1) They are shifting from annual to every two year issues. Every *other* year they'll dive into some specific issue.
2) Rising campus offerings of non-credentialed online learning: certificates.
1) They are shifting from annual to every two year issues. Every *other* year they'll dive into some specific issue.
2) Rising campus offerings of non-credentialed online learning: certificates.
