Ben Waber
@bwaber.bsky.social
MIT Researcher, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics. AI, management, law, corporate governance, psychology, anthropology, ethics, and similar topics
Last was "Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations" by Brian Fagan. This series of lectures is a rousing, fascinating tour through prehistory with an archaeological focus. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (5/5)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (5/5)
Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
Uncover the mystery of our species' beginnings and how ensuing populations formed settlements and cultures, developed agriculture and herding, hunted, interacted, and populated the globe.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Last was "Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations" by Brian Fagan. This series of lectures is a rousing, fascinating tour through prehistory with an archaeological focus. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (5/5)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (5/5)
Next was an interesting talk by Mosharaf Chowdhury on optimizing large model performance and power consumption at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7Q... (4/5)
Energy Optimal AI | Mosharaf Chowdhury | 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Next was an interesting talk by Mosharaf Chowdhury on optimizing large model performance and power consumption at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7Q... (4/5)
Next was a great discussion between @annmlipton.bsky.social and @activistinvestor.bsky.social on the shareholder activist work cycle and problematic recent changes to shareholder proposal guidance from the SEC on the Shareholder Primacy podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT13... (3/5)
What Activists Are Doing Right Now
YouTube video by Free Float Media
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December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Next was a great discussion between @annmlipton.bsky.social and @activistinvestor.bsky.social on the shareholder activist work cycle and problematic recent changes to shareholder proposal guidance from the SEC on the Shareholder Primacy podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT13... (3/5)
First was a fantastic conversation with Ellora Derenoncourt on the Atlantic slave trade and economic development in Europe on the @voxdev.bsky.social podcast. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2zu... (2/5)
The Atlantic slave trade and economic development in Europe
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December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
First was a fantastic conversation with Ellora Derenoncourt on the Atlantic slave trade and economic development in Europe on the @voxdev.bsky.social podcast. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2zu... (2/5)
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December 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Yeah, I'm actually going to go over there this weekend to tell them thanks for standing up for the community
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Yeah, I'm actually going to go over there this weekend to tell them thanks for standing up for the community
Last was "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry" by Julien Mailland. This is a great introduction to many intellectual property and freedom of speech concepts through video games cases. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (4/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (4/4)
The Game That Never Ends
Why did a judge recall FIFA 15, a nonviolent soccer game, from French shelves in 2014? Why was Vodka Drunkenski, a character in Nintendo-Japan's Punch-Out!, ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Last was "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry" by Julien Mailland. This is a great introduction to many intellectual property and freedom of speech concepts through video games cases. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (4/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (4/4)
Next was an engaging conversation with Paul Milgrom reflecting on his work on auctions, game theory, and more at @casbsstanford.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvM4... (3/4)
Paul Milgrom: Beyond the Nobel
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Next was an engaging conversation with Paul Milgrom reflecting on his work on auctions, game theory, and more at @casbsstanford.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvM4... (3/4)
First was a great discussion on the DMA with Konstantina Bania, @repasi.bsky.social, and Niklas Brueggemann at the Digital Markets Research Hub www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Uj... (2/4)
The DMA Lab #1: René Repasi & Niklas Brüggemann: DMA Review | DMA & Geopolitics | Goals, Enforcement
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
First was a great discussion on the DMA with Konstantina Bania, @repasi.bsky.social, and Niklas Brueggemann at the Digital Markets Research Hub www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Uj... (2/4)
This is 5 minutes from my house
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is 5 minutes from my house
Last was "Plantation Goods" by @sethrockman.bsky.social, who provides a rigorously researched view into some of the businesses and individuals that drove the production and sale of products that supported American slavery. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (9/9)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (9/9)
Plantation Goods
A Pulitzer Prize finalist in History, this eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor. The in...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Last was "Plantation Goods" by @sethrockman.bsky.social, who provides a rigorously researched view into some of the businesses and individuals that drove the production and sale of products that supported American slavery. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (9/9)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (9/9)
Next was an excellent talk by @bayesianboy.bsky.social on false promises and false premises of fair machine learning at @princetoncitp.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZ4... (8/9)
CITP Seminar: Mel Andrews - False Promises & False Premises of Fair Machine Learning
YouTube video by CITP Princeton
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was an excellent talk by @bayesianboy.bsky.social on false promises and false premises of fair machine learning at @princetoncitp.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZ4... (8/9)
Next was a great talk by Duncan Brumby investigating why people keep using LLMs despite them failing to improve outcomes at @ozchi-conf.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y4e... (7/9)
The LLM Paradox: We Use Them Constantly—But Are They Helping?
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was a great talk by Duncan Brumby investigating why people keep using LLMs despite them failing to improve outcomes at @ozchi-conf.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y4e... (7/9)
Next was an incredible talk by Tracy L Dumas on how family structure and after-work plans shape work contributions at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMpz... (6/9)
How Family Structure and After-Work Plans Shape Work Contributions
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was an incredible talk by Tracy L Dumas on how family structure and after-work plans shape work contributions at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMpz... (6/9)
Next was an engaging panel on AI policy in Africa with Jane Munga, @vdignum.bsky.social, @vukosi.bsky.social, and Barbara Glover at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnWA... (5/9)
AI Policy in Africa Panel Keynote
YouTube video by Deep Learning Indaba
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was an engaging panel on AI policy in Africa with Jane Munga, @vdignum.bsky.social, @vukosi.bsky.social, and Barbara Glover at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnWA... (5/9)
Next was a nice talk by Mirta Galesic on modeling the dynamics of belief networks at @iasliu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MWe... (4/9)
Dynamics of belief networks by Mirta Galesic
YouTube video by Institute for Analytical Sociology
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was a nice talk by Mirta Galesic on modeling the dynamics of belief networks at @iasliu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MWe... (4/9)
Next was a compelling talk by @madianou.bsky.social on when tech for good is harmful at @oii.ox.ac.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJP... (3/9)
Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful
YouTube video by Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Next was a compelling talk by @madianou.bsky.social on when tech for good is harmful at @oii.ox.ac.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJP... (3/9)
First was a thought-provoking discussion with Brian Feinstein on "small" business favoritism in US law on @busscholarship.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=05oJ... (2/9)
Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.267 – Brian Feinstein on Small-Business Favoritism |
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
First was a thought-provoking discussion with Brian Feinstein on "small" business favoritism in US law on @busscholarship.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=05oJ... (2/9)