Nicholson Price
@nicholson.bsky.social
Law professor, food lover, sci fi & fantasy reader
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
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November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
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Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…
Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead to a defense of liberal democracy. Sometimes, such rhetoric is weaponized by illiberal actors; sometimes, it comes down to defending the status quo – while neither result is welcome.
legaltheoryblog.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…
OK that is a VERY effective fake text. Almost got me! But if you bake cookies at @umichlaw.bsky.social, I already have your number in my phone.
(But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)
(But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
OK that is a VERY effective fake text. Almost got me! But if you bake cookies at @umichlaw.bsky.social, I already have your number in my phone.
(But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)
(But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)
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For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪
What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device!
Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#MedicalAI #law
Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#MedicalAI #law
An Incidental Standard for Medical AI
<p><span>Medical AI is poised to make a major difference in the provision of health. It brings major challenges, though: how can developers and implementers ens
papers.ssrn.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device!
Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#MedicalAI #law
Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#MedicalAI #law
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Murderbot is an excellent series and this is a great opportunity to get started while supporting a good cause. If you read digitally, go get this bundle!
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Murderbot is an excellent series and this is a great opportunity to get started while supporting a good cause. If you read digitally, go get this bundle!
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Have you read a good article recently? Been provoked or stimulated by another scholar's work? Did you gain new insights? Let them know! (Especially if they are someone you have not met or are outside your normal circles.)
August 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Have you read a good article recently? Been provoked or stimulated by another scholar's work? Did you gain new insights? Let them know! (Especially if they are someone you have not met or are outside your normal circles.)
What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law?
Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
#dupes #academia #fashion
Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
#dupes #academia #fashion
How dupes turned online shopping upside down
When everything is the same, who gets to claim ownership over ideas?
www.theverge.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law?
Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
#dupes #academia #fashion
Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
#dupes #academia #fashion
When websites say, "You've reached your monthly article limit" and that limit is zero articles.
a close up of a woman 's face with a purple shirt on .
Alt: GIF of Lindsay Lohan saying "the limit does not exist!"
media.tenor.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When websites say, "You've reached your monthly article limit" and that limit is zero articles.
Genomic data: neat! But also super sensitive! How can people get their own genomes analyzed without sharing stuff they don't want to?
Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it.
At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)
Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it.
At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)
June 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Genomic data: neat! But also super sensitive! How can people get their own genomes analyzed without sharing stuff they don't want to?
Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it.
At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)
Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it.
At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)
What court cases are reshaping FDA?
ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests.
SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco?
Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged?
Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman
ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests.
SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco?
Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged?
Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What court cases are reshaping FDA?
ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests.
SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco?
Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged?
Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman
ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests.
SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco?
Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged?
Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman
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Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I could watch 8 seasons of this
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I could watch 8 seasons of this
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This is such a great opportunity for junior health law scholars to get insightful feedback from thoughtful colleagues *and* it's tremendous fun. Apply!
(Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)
(Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)
If you’re a junior health law scholar, submit an abstract for the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop to get great feedback and hang out with wonderful @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social profs like Sidney Watson, @kellygillespie.bsky.social, @drsinhaesq.bsky.social, and others!
www.slu.edu/law/health/s...
www.slu.edu/law/health/s...
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is such a great opportunity for junior health law scholars to get insightful feedback from thoughtful colleagues *and* it's tremendous fun. Apply!
(Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)
(Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)
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"These patents present a puzzle. They are either invalid or were not used by the originator at the time of FDA approval (and hence need not be used by a would-be biosimilar)." – Osmat Jefferson, @nicholson.bsky.social, Sean Tu, @emptydoors.bsky.social & Arti Rai
The puzzle of biologics manufacturing platform patents - @dukelaw.bsky.social go.nature.com/3Y0W45Q
The puzzle of biologics manufacturing platform patents - Nature Biotechnology
The predominance of manufacturing process patents asserted in litigation by originator biologics companies against would-be biosimilar entrants has resulted in a number of Congressional and administra...
go.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"These patents present a puzzle. They are either invalid or were not used by the originator at the time of FDA approval (and hence need not be used by a would-be biosimilar)." – Osmat Jefferson, @nicholson.bsky.social, Sean Tu, @emptydoors.bsky.social & Arti Rai
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Really wish I could put this on a sign that I could tap.
There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.
There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.
OK, a roundup response to the "they won't follow the court orders" people.
First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders.
What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.
First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders.
What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Really wish I could put this on a sign that I could tap.
There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.
There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.
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It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.
This is going to be devastating to the public health, and to innovation in responding to pressing health needs.
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f... via @statnews.com
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f... via @statnews.com
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.
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women don't want flowers for valentines day we want:
*reproductive freedom
*birthright citizenship
*rule of law
*respect for science
*research grants
*a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying
*this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info
*chocolate
*reproductive freedom
*birthright citizenship
*rule of law
*respect for science
*research grants
*a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying
*this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info
*chocolate
February 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
women don't want flowers for valentines day we want:
*reproductive freedom
*birthright citizenship
*rule of law
*respect for science
*research grants
*a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying
*this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info
*chocolate
*reproductive freedom
*birthright citizenship
*rule of law
*respect for science
*research grants
*a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying
*this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info
*chocolate
Medical AI seems to be showing up more every day. What's important to focus on in moving forward? Check out the @nationalacademies.org Vital Directions series, out in Health Affairs this week (and free for a month!): www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #MedicalAI #Health
Artificial Intelligence In Health And Health Care: Priorities For Action | Health Affairs Journal
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new cycle of intense opportunity, fueled by advances in deep learning, including generative AI. Applications of recent advances affect many aspe...
www.healthaffairs.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Medical AI seems to be showing up more every day. What's important to focus on in moving forward? Check out the @nationalacademies.org Vital Directions series, out in Health Affairs this week (and free for a month!): www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #MedicalAI #Health
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Incredible discovery while riding an NYC ferry just now: there is a trash barge called BARGEY MCBARGEFACE (see name in paint on the side)
January 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Incredible discovery while riding an NYC ferry just now: there is a trash barge called BARGEY MCBARGEFACE (see name in paint on the side)
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This this this:
The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.
The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
January 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This this this:
The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.
The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.
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oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!
December 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I decided on a lark, as a fellow, to attend the @yaleisp.bsky.social's conference on Innovation without IP (I wasn't presenting). I listened, agape, as a giant in the biomedical innovation law field, Rebecca Eisenberg, mentioned my job talk paper while discussing another.
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What's the moment of luck that's had the biggest impact for your academic career? For me, it was how I wouldn't have gotten a PhD fellowship if it wasn't for the 1st-ranked person declining, which meant that I was awarded the fellowship as 2nd-ranked applicant. That was my last shot at a PhD.
December 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I decided on a lark, as a fellow, to attend the @yaleisp.bsky.social's conference on Innovation without IP (I wasn't presenting). I listened, agape, as a giant in the biomedical innovation law field, Rebecca Eisenberg, mentioned my job talk paper while discussing another.
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APPROXIMATELY.
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against approximately two dogs.
December 11, 2024 at 2:48 AM
APPROXIMATELY.