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"If even a fairly small fraction of the applications these authors contemplate come to pass, we’ll be looking at a world even more dramatically unpredictable than today’s.”
Agentic AI Could Improve Everything or Cascade Into Doom
After days of chaos, hundreds of deaths and trillions of dollars wiped off stock markets, the Great Agentic Cascade of July 2028 turned out to have begun much like the great internet outages of…
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"If even a fairly small fraction of the applications these authors contemplate come to pass, we’ll be looking at a world even more dramatically unpredictable than today’s.”
Join us tomorrow evening at the MIT Museum for a book talk with security technologist Bruce Schneier & data scientist Nathan Sanders on "Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship."
Dec. 1, 6 – 7:00 pm | Tickets $5
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Dec. 1, 6 – 7:00 pm | Tickets $5
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Author Talk: Rewiring Democracy | MIT Museum
Join security technologist Bruce Schneier & data scientist Nathan Sanders as they discuss their new book, Rewiring Democracy.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join us tomorrow evening at the MIT Museum for a book talk with security technologist Bruce Schneier & data scientist Nathan Sanders on "Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship."
Dec. 1, 6 – 7:00 pm | Tickets $5
Register here:
Dec. 1, 6 – 7:00 pm | Tickets $5
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I am extra thankful this holiday season 🥰
A big THANK YOU to all who supported me on my SPARK journey. A special thanks to the subject of my new book, Jim West, who invented the microphone 🎤
Thank you @possible-futures.bsky.social for hosting my book release party. #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social
A big THANK YOU to all who supported me on my SPARK journey. A special thanks to the subject of my new book, Jim West, who invented the microphone 🎤
Thank you @possible-futures.bsky.social for hosting my book release party. #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I am extra thankful this holiday season 🥰
A big THANK YOU to all who supported me on my SPARK journey. A special thanks to the subject of my new book, Jim West, who invented the microphone 🎤
Thank you @possible-futures.bsky.social for hosting my book release party. #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social
A big THANK YOU to all who supported me on my SPARK journey. A special thanks to the subject of my new book, Jim West, who invented the microphone 🎤
Thank you @possible-futures.bsky.social for hosting my book release party. #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social
"Efforts to maintain white supremacist racial formations were increasingly couched in scientific language throughout the 18th century."
A Prehistory of Scientific Racism
The author of “Whiteness” traces the evolution of race as a social and political instrument, from its beginnings in ancient hierarchies through European colonial expansion and into contemporary times.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"Efforts to maintain white supremacist racial formations were increasingly couched in scientific language throughout the 18th century."
"A fascinating exploration, packed with surprising insights & eye-opening explanations of cutting-edge physics." — @clarakm.bsky.social, senior editor at Scientific American
James Riordon's book "Crush" takes readers on a memorable tour of gravity. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205098...
James Riordon's book "Crush" takes readers on a memorable tour of gravity. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205098...
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"A fascinating exploration, packed with surprising insights & eye-opening explanations of cutting-edge physics." — @clarakm.bsky.social, senior editor at Scientific American
James Riordon's book "Crush" takes readers on a memorable tour of gravity. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205098...
James Riordon's book "Crush" takes readers on a memorable tour of gravity. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205098...
News outlets often claim there are strict barriers between their editorial & advertising teams. But "that proverbial wall is much more porous than outlets let on," says Michelle Amazeen.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social interviewed @commscholar.bsky.social about her book "Content Confusion":
@emdashsanders.bsky.social interviewed @commscholar.bsky.social about her book "Content Confusion":
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
News outlets often claim there are strict barriers between their editorial & advertising teams. But "that proverbial wall is much more porous than outlets let on," says Michelle Amazeen.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social interviewed @commscholar.bsky.social about her book "Content Confusion":
@emdashsanders.bsky.social interviewed @commscholar.bsky.social about her book "Content Confusion":
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social hosts a virtual book talk on "Rewiring Democracy." Join Bruce Schneier & Nathan E. Sanders on Wednesday, December 3rd, to learn how AI will alter democracy, and how to harness the technology to distribute rather than concentrate power: citylights.com/events/rewir...
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social hosts a virtual book talk on "Rewiring Democracy." Join Bruce Schneier & Nathan E. Sanders on Wednesday, December 3rd, to learn how AI will alter democracy, and how to harness the technology to distribute rather than concentrate power: citylights.com/events/rewir...
"A world of dagger traps, vampire slits ... and masonic nonagon folds. I shall be giving it to everyone for Christmas, along with a seal, a stick of sealing wax and a match."
We're pleased to share that "Letterlocking" is a @thetls.bsky.social Book of the Year!: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
We're pleased to share that "Letterlocking" is a @thetls.bsky.social Book of the Year!: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"A world of dagger traps, vampire slits ... and masonic nonagon folds. I shall be giving it to everyone for Christmas, along with a seal, a stick of sealing wax and a match."
We're pleased to share that "Letterlocking" is a @thetls.bsky.social Book of the Year!: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
We're pleased to share that "Letterlocking" is a @thetls.bsky.social Book of the Year!: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
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A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Available in print and Open Access mitpress.mit.edu/978026255091...
A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
"The heart is so amazing ... your washing machine would have to go on without failing for 1000 years to be like your heart."
A special episode of BBC Radio 4's What's up Docs? explores the wonders of the human heart with Sian Harding, author of "The Exquisite Machine." Listen here:
A special episode of BBC Radio 4's What's up Docs? explores the wonders of the human heart with Sian Harding, author of "The Exquisite Machine." Listen here:
BBC Radio 4 - What's Up Docs?, How can you look after your amazing heart?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the wonders of the heart and how to look after it.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The heart is so amazing ... your washing machine would have to go on without failing for 1000 years to be like your heart."
A special episode of BBC Radio 4's What's up Docs? explores the wonders of the human heart with Sian Harding, author of "The Exquisite Machine." Listen here:
A special episode of BBC Radio 4's What's up Docs? explores the wonders of the human heart with Sian Harding, author of "The Exquisite Machine." Listen here:
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Mazviita Chirimuuta's Lakatos Award Lecture will be live streamed on Friday, November 28 from the London School of Economics: lse.zoom.us/j/8494972146...
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mazviita Chirimuuta's Lakatos Award Lecture will be live streamed on Friday, November 28 from the London School of Economics: lse.zoom.us/j/8494972146...
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
"As Bru Laín argues, UBI has a 'positive impact on socioeconomic indicators related to a lack of money,' including the 'alleviation of stress and mental illness, improvement in eating habits ... subjective well-being and social and community participation.'"
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"As Bru Laín argues, UBI has a 'positive impact on socioeconomic indicators related to a lack of money,' including the 'alleviation of stress and mental illness, improvement in eating habits ... subjective well-being and social and community participation.'"
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While we're thinking about food this week, I'm pleased to be in the good company of these @mitpress.bsky.social authors:
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A reading list to help rethink our plates this Thanksgiving
Books on the social, cultural, and environmental forces impacting our food.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
While we're thinking about food this week, I'm pleased to be in the good company of these @mitpress.bsky.social authors:
mitpress.mit.edu/a-reading-li...
mitpress.mit.edu/a-reading-li...
“A thoughtful AI researcher ... presents a sprawling and absorbing account of the nature of intelligence."
@financialtimes.com includes @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's "What Is Intelligence?" among the Best Books of 2025 on technology: www.ft.com/content/af55...
@financialtimes.com includes @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's "What Is Intelligence?" among the Best Books of 2025 on technology: www.ft.com/content/af55...
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“A thoughtful AI researcher ... presents a sprawling and absorbing account of the nature of intelligence."
@financialtimes.com includes @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's "What Is Intelligence?" among the Best Books of 2025 on technology: www.ft.com/content/af55...
@financialtimes.com includes @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's "What Is Intelligence?" among the Best Books of 2025 on technology: www.ft.com/content/af55...
"When public health succeeds, we don't notice—water, air, and food don’t make us sick, and our kids don’t get hit by cars, start smoking or get preventable infections. But when public health fails, we suffer."
Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health
States and universities must step up to preserve data, and Congress must act to preserve our nation’s health
www.scientificamerican.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"When public health succeeds, we don't notice—water, air, and food don’t make us sick, and our kids don’t get hit by cars, start smoking or get preventable infections. But when public health fails, we suffer."
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate, argues Jonas Staal, author of "Climate Propagandas."
The Extinction Loop
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate, argues Jonas Staal, author of "Climate Propagandas."
"The fight between cartoonish commies and vaudeville villains makes for good satire."
@thetls.bsky.social reviews "Yankees in Petrograd" by Marietta S. Shaginyan, now part of the Radium Age series: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat... #scifi 💙📚
@thetls.bsky.social reviews "Yankees in Petrograd" by Marietta S. Shaginyan, now part of the Radium Age series: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat... #scifi 💙📚
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The fight between cartoonish commies and vaudeville villains makes for good satire."
@thetls.bsky.social reviews "Yankees in Petrograd" by Marietta S. Shaginyan, now part of the Radium Age series: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat... #scifi 💙📚
@thetls.bsky.social reviews "Yankees in Petrograd" by Marietta S. Shaginyan, now part of the Radium Age series: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat... #scifi 💙📚
New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇
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Bringing Freud’s model of dream life together with descriptions of mycelium reveals something like a collective unconscious, a communication web linking humans and echoing Indigenous understandings that “the life of one is dependent on the life of all.”
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Dreams and Mycelium: Mapping the Endless Network of Existence
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Bringing Freud’s model of dream life together with descriptions of mycelium reveals something like a collective unconscious, a communication web linking humans and echoing Indigenous understandings that “the life of one is dependent on the life of all.”
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dreams-and-m...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dreams-and-m...
"Sheer retro bliss, no spandex."
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Sheer retro bliss, no spandex."
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
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At last! Open Access version of the book on MIT's site. One for the syntax nerds. I argue we need to replace Merge, that there are no Phases, and that we need to rethink the basic theoretical typology of Islands. Feel free to download with abandon! 🐦🐦 #syntax direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Mereological Syntax: Phrase Structure, Cyclicity, and Islands
An argument for replacing Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax with a theory of syntax based on mereological objects.Mereology is the study of part
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November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
At last! Open Access version of the book on MIT's site. One for the syntax nerds. I argue we need to replace Merge, that there are no Phases, and that we need to rethink the basic theoretical typology of Islands. Feel free to download with abandon! 🐦🐦 #syntax direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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Good piece from @brendannyhan.bsky.social, definitely consistent with my anecdotal impressions from various No Kings events. On a slightly longer view, though, I'm a bit more bullish about protest momentum, as @madva.bsky.social and I argue here.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good piece from @brendannyhan.bsky.social, definitely consistent with my anecdotal impressions from various No Kings events. On a slightly longer view, though, I'm a bit more bullish about protest momentum, as @madva.bsky.social and I argue here.
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
(An excerpt from Sharon Sliwinski's stunning new book "An Alphabet for Dreamers")
(An excerpt from Sharon Sliwinski's stunning new book "An Alphabet for Dreamers")
Dreams and Mycelium: Mapping the Endless Network of Existence
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
(An excerpt from Sharon Sliwinski's stunning new book "An Alphabet for Dreamers")
(An excerpt from Sharon Sliwinski's stunning new book "An Alphabet for Dreamers")
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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It's unboxing day for DEGREES OF FREEDOM from @mitpress.bsky.social! :D
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's unboxing day for DEGREES OF FREEDOM from @mitpress.bsky.social! :D