Kate Farquhar-Thomson
@kateft.bsky.social
Spaniel owner and lover of nature and rural pursuits. Head of Publicity, Europe at Princeton University Press, UK
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Kate Farquhar-Thomson
@kateft.bsky.social
· May 13
My #bookofthemonth is Doctors by Nature by @jaapderoode.bsky.social. Coverage in @dailymail.co.uk,
@theguardian.com, & @newscientist.com. 'Many animals seek out substances to relieve illnesses or battle parasites. . .They could even teach us a thing or two about medicine' says
@wsj.com 🐕🐵🪹💊🕊️🩺
@theguardian.com, & @newscientist.com. 'Many animals seek out substances to relieve illnesses or battle parasites. . .They could even teach us a thing or two about medicine' says
@wsj.com 🐕🐵🪹💊🕊️🩺
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@carlbfrey.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk professor and author of How Progress Ends, joins a panel of experts next week, 24 Nov at 7:00 pm GMT, at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to discuss how AI will affect the world of work and our economic prospects
Get tickets for this in-person event: buff.ly/8YqnWtE
Get tickets for this in-person event: buff.ly/8YqnWtE
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk professor and author of How Progress Ends, joins a panel of experts next week, 24 Nov at 7:00 pm GMT, at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to discuss how AI will affect the world of work and our economic prospects
Get tickets for this in-person event: buff.ly/8YqnWtE
Get tickets for this in-person event: buff.ly/8YqnWtE
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Lovely to see @nicolecrust.bsky.social's new book Elusive Cures reviewed in @nature.com. Andrew Robinson calls it ‘fascinating’ – find out for yourself by ordering a copy today!
Ancient graffiti and brain complexities: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lovely to see @nicolecrust.bsky.social's new book Elusive Cures reviewed in @nature.com. Andrew Robinson calls it ‘fascinating’ – find out for yourself by ordering a copy today!
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On “Money Talks”, we sit down with Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion to discuss the work that earned them this year’s economics prize
Prize guys: we speak to this year’s Nobel-winning economists
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, our interviews with Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion
econ.st
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
On “Money Talks”, we sit down with Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion to discuss the work that earned them this year’s economics prize
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@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends, which is shortlisted for the @financialtimes.com & Schroder’s Business Book of the Year, has a full—nearly bursting!—audience here at the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social tonight!
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends, which is shortlisted for the @financialtimes.com & Schroder’s Business Book of the Year, has a full—nearly bursting!—audience here at the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social tonight!
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NEW✨ How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by @carlbfrey.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social argues that progress is in the successful balance of innovation and implementation.
#Review by Phil Bell.
@ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social
#Review by Phil Bell.
@ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social
Progress is in the balance between innovation and implementation - LSE Review of Books
How Progress Ends by Carl Benedikt Frey examines 1,000 years of technological development claiming progress has hinged on balancing innovation & implementation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
NEW✨ How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by @carlbfrey.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social argues that progress is in the successful balance of innovation and implementation.
#Review by Phil Bell.
@ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social
#Review by Phil Bell.
@ox.ac.uk @lseevents.bsky.social
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Happy #SmartThinkingSaturday!
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books!
smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki...
#bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books!
smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki...
#bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction
Carl Benedikt Frey Interview - Smart Thinking Books - Books To Fuel Your Mind!
Interview with Carl Benedikt Frey, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends some of the best smart thinking books.
smartthinkingbooks.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy #SmartThinkingSaturday!
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books!
smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki...
#bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction
@carlbfrey.bsky.social, author of How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations recommends an excellent set of books!
smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki...
#bookrecommendations #booksky #smartthinkingbooks #nonfiction
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Next week, on October 7th at 7:00 pm BST, come to @thecommonpress.bsky.social to hear Alice T. Friedman discuss her book, Queer Moderns: Max Ewing's Jazz Age New York, hosted by Dr. Joshua Mardell. Learn more about this ticketed, in-person event here: www.outsavvy.com/event/29576/....
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Next week, on October 7th at 7:00 pm BST, come to @thecommonpress.bsky.social to hear Alice T. Friedman discuss her book, Queer Moderns: Max Ewing's Jazz Age New York, hosted by Dr. Joshua Mardell. Learn more about this ticketed, in-person event here: www.outsavvy.com/event/29576/....
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Huzzah!
Great to see the paperback of #VirtualYou (@princetonupress.bsky.social), is now out.
With Peter Coveney, I examine how the digital twin revolution could make medicine truly personalised & predictive
Foreword by Nobelist Venki Ramakrishnan
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Great to see the paperback of #VirtualYou (@princetonupress.bsky.social), is now out.
With Peter Coveney, I examine how the digital twin revolution could make medicine truly personalised & predictive
Foreword by Nobelist Venki Ramakrishnan
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Huzzah!
Great to see the paperback of #VirtualYou (@princetonupress.bsky.social), is now out.
With Peter Coveney, I examine how the digital twin revolution could make medicine truly personalised & predictive
Foreword by Nobelist Venki Ramakrishnan
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Great to see the paperback of #VirtualYou (@princetonupress.bsky.social), is now out.
With Peter Coveney, I examine how the digital twin revolution could make medicine truly personalised & predictive
Foreword by Nobelist Venki Ramakrishnan
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Great to see BBC Countryfile featuring @davidwoodman45.bsky.social’s The First King of England and asking why Æthelstan is not a better known king like William the Conqueror
Forget William the Conqueror, this forgotten hero was the first REAL King of England, says expert | Countryfile.com
Discover Æthelstan, the king who united England centuries before William the Conqueror, and why his achievements deserve recognition
www.countryfile.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great to see BBC Countryfile featuring @davidwoodman45.bsky.social’s The First King of England and asking why Æthelstan is not a better known king like William the Conqueror
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Beautifully illustrated & breathtaking in scope, The First King of England by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social is the most comprehensive, up-to-date biography of Æthelstan available.
Available worldwide. Read a free sample of this panoramic work: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Æthelstan #History
Available worldwide. Read a free sample of this panoramic work: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Æthelstan #History
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Beautifully illustrated & breathtaking in scope, The First King of England by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social is the most comprehensive, up-to-date biography of Æthelstan available.
Available worldwide. Read a free sample of this panoramic work: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Æthelstan #History
Available worldwide. Read a free sample of this panoramic work: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Æthelstan #History
Very excited to be working on this fabulous & now shortlisted book for @financialtimes.com & @schroders.bsky.social #BBYA25. Congratulations to our terrific author @carlbfrey.bsky.social for his fabulous book How Progress Ends published by @princetonupress.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8b2a...
FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 — the shortlist
Six finalists analyse important business issues from economic warfare to AI
www.ft.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Very excited to be working on this fabulous & now shortlisted book for @financialtimes.com & @schroders.bsky.social #BBYA25. Congratulations to our terrific author @carlbfrey.bsky.social for his fabulous book How Progress Ends published by @princetonupress.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8b2a...
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In advance of its global publication on 16 September, How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social has been reviewed in @financialtimes.com by Tej Parikh, who says, “The present moment underscores the relevance of Frey’s writing… How Progress Ends is, therefore, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚.”
How Progress Ends — what drives and stalls innovation
A compelling study of the role of the state and free markets throughout history is a timely warning on industrial policy today
www.ft.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In advance of its global publication on 16 September, How Progress Ends by @carlbfrey.bsky.social has been reviewed in @financialtimes.com by Tej Parikh, who says, “The present moment underscores the relevance of Frey’s writing… How Progress Ends is, therefore, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚.”
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🎧 New inventions often cause great excitement yet can take years to catch on.
On this episode of The Big View, Oxford University’s @carlbfrey.bsky.social joined @petertl.bsky.social to discuss the erratic history of technology – and what it tells us about AI.
Listen in full 👉 tinyurl.com/yhtbtz3d
On this episode of The Big View, Oxford University’s @carlbfrey.bsky.social joined @petertl.bsky.social to discuss the erratic history of technology – and what it tells us about AI.
Listen in full 👉 tinyurl.com/yhtbtz3d
September 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🎧 New inventions often cause great excitement yet can take years to catch on.
On this episode of The Big View, Oxford University’s @carlbfrey.bsky.social joined @petertl.bsky.social to discuss the erratic history of technology – and what it tells us about AI.
Listen in full 👉 tinyurl.com/yhtbtz3d
On this episode of The Big View, Oxford University’s @carlbfrey.bsky.social joined @petertl.bsky.social to discuss the erratic history of technology – and what it tells us about AI.
Listen in full 👉 tinyurl.com/yhtbtz3d
@gwr.com PLEASE could you make your notices larger for the quiet carriage?? So many people take no notice at all and it is really frustrating for those of us trying to work and who have booked especially to sit in this space. Thank you 🤫
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@gwr.com PLEASE could you make your notices larger for the quiet carriage?? So many people take no notice at all and it is really frustrating for those of us trying to work and who have booked especially to sit in this space. Thank you 🤫
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The OII’s Prof. @carlbfrey.bsky.social's new book, “How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations” will be published next week by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
Learn more and pre-order your copy here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
Learn more and pre-order your copy here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
September 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The OII’s Prof. @carlbfrey.bsky.social's new book, “How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations” will be published next week by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
Learn more and pre-order your copy here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
Learn more and pre-order your copy here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
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Beautifully illustrated and breathtaking in scope, The First King of England by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social is the most comprehensive, up-to-date biography of Æthelstan available.
Out now! Learn more and order your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Athelstan1100
Out now! Learn more and order your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Athelstan1100
September 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Beautifully illustrated and breathtaking in scope, The First King of England by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social is the most comprehensive, up-to-date biography of Æthelstan available.
Out now! Learn more and order your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Athelstan1100
Out now! Learn more and order your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Athelstan1100
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The world’s largest non-fiction award, the Cundill History Prize, has revealed its 2025 shortlist, which includes Oxford academic Lyndal Roper, following a record number of submissions 👇 #BookSky
Cundill History Prize reveals 2025 shortlist following record number of submissions
ebx.sh
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The world’s largest non-fiction award, the Cundill History Prize, has revealed its 2025 shortlist, which includes Oxford academic Lyndal Roper, following a record number of submissions 👇 #BookSky
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“A visual treat. . . . Anyone interested in medieval history, figurative art, the human body or medicine will wish to return to it again and again.” Wonderful to see Jack Hartnell’s Wound Man reviewed in @thespectator1828.bsky.social. Read more here (£): www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
August 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“A visual treat. . . . Anyone interested in medieval history, figurative art, the human body or medicine will wish to return to it again and again.” Wonderful to see Jack Hartnell’s Wound Man reviewed in @thespectator1828.bsky.social. Read more here (£): www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
So brilliant!!
Congratulations to @carlbfrey.bsky.social, whose forthcoming book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations (Sept. 16), has been longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award! Read more: press.princeton.edu/news/ft-schr...
#BBYA25
#BBYA25
August 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So brilliant!!
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Brain researchers are overturning decades of dogma. | iai.tv/articles/neu...
Award-winning neuroscientist Nicole Rust, the brain is a dynamic complex system, whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Award-winning neuroscientist Nicole Rust, the brain is a dynamic complex system, whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicolee Rust
iai.tv
August 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Brain researchers are overturning decades of dogma. | iai.tv/articles/neu...
Award-winning neuroscientist Nicole Rust, the brain is a dynamic complex system, whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Award-winning neuroscientist Nicole Rust, the brain is a dynamic complex system, whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
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Check out this 6-page feature in @historyextra.bsky.social about Æthelstan, the first king of England! Written by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social, his new book publishes on 2 Sept. @holland-tom.bsky.social calls it "thrillingly epic," & Dan Jones calls it "fascinating, meticulously researched, & vital."
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Check out this 6-page feature in @historyextra.bsky.social about Æthelstan, the first king of England! Written by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social, his new book publishes on 2 Sept. @holland-tom.bsky.social calls it "thrillingly epic," & Dan Jones calls it "fascinating, meticulously researched, & vital."
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Congratulations to our authors whose books were selected for the 2025 Cundill History Prize Longlist.
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Girl in the Middle
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Age of Choice
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Girl in the Middle
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Age of Choice
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
July 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Congratulations to our authors whose books were selected for the 2025 Cundill History Prize Longlist.
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Girl in the Middle
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Age of Choice
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Girl in the Middle
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Age of Choice
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Princeton University Press has announced the launch of Bollingen Recollections, which will see the redesign and republication of nearly all titles in the Press’ Bollingen Series 👇
Princeton University Press announces 'major' new backlist initiative
Princeton University Press has announced the launch of Bollingen Recollections, which will see the redesign and republication of nearly all titles in the Press’ Bollingen Series.
ebx.sh
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Princeton University Press has announced the launch of Bollingen Recollections, which will see the redesign and republication of nearly all titles in the Press’ Bollingen Series 👇
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The philosopher Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was "a greater enemy of the truth than lies are".
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
Generative AI models are skilled in the art of bullshit
Large language models are unconcerned with truth because they have no concept of it — and therein lies the danger
on.ft.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was "a greater enemy of the truth than lies are".
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
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A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to Karen G. Lloyd's new book Intraterrestrials
Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier
A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to Karen G. Lloyd's new book Intraterrestrials
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to Karen G. Lloyd's new book Intraterrestrials