Paul Smaldino @psmaldino@qoto.org

Job! I'm hiring a 2-yr postdoc at
UCM for Fall 2023 to model the cultural evolution of complex social identities and associated signaling strategies, in collaboration w
Adrian Bell. More info here. Please reach out with any questions! https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01569

Finally, a solution to the unfairness of authorship ordering in scientific papers! 😂

"Every Author as First Author"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01393

2. Specifically (this is my gloss, emphasizing areas of agreement, but I think it is basically accurate), we don't have experts who understand both (1) AI and (2) complex social systems, and we need both to understand the consequences. That is right!

This is an outstanding reply to, and analysis of that Pamela Paul column in the New York Times that began this way:

"A paper that says science should be impartial was rejected by major journals. You can’t make this up."

Dave Karpf, an academic, takes it apart. He also testifies as a particiant in the peer review system. Worth your time.

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/pamela-paul-cancel-culture-grifters?utm_medium=ios

#nytimes #journalism #peerreview #science

I didn't really know
@Prof_BearB very well, but I blogged about missing the chance to talk to him here in Berlin about #digitalGovernance, #GreatPowers and the end of war.

https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2023/05/life-academia-and-great-powers-missing.html

Job! I'm hiring a 2-yr postdoc at @UCMCogSci for Fall 2023 to model the cultural evolution of complex social identities and associated signaling strategies. More info here. Please reach out with any questions!
https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01569

Agree. Losing #Twitter is not only a sad thing, it's a serious thing.

And this is exactly the way Musk wants it. He's Trump, only actually rich.

Via Scott Hechinger:

Scott Hechinger:

None of this is funny. #Musk has purposefully destroyed one of the most effective tools of local movements & advocates to be heard & connect with journalists, decision makers, & those with power to amplify critical messages and perspectives.

In positive news, my daughter is a teacher and her classroom geckos hatched. Please enjoy this photo of a newborn gecko.

For me, the best part of Twitter was the “closeness” to journalists and media venues. It’s the reason I’m still spending time here.

NPR’s decision to leave is the right one, but probably heralds the final erasure of what made Twitter a magical (good and bad) forum.
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RT @gbrumfiel
NEW: NPR has decided it will no longer participate on Twitter due to inaccurate labelling of our main account.

Twitter doesn't make or break anything we …
https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1646142219202576384

Next was a fabulous podcast with @psmaldino and @add_hawk on the issues with value metrics and governance at the @sfiscience. There's deep conversation here of how KPIs can distort understanding, incentives, and who succeeds, and while I'd like to see more discussion of this in a non-scientific context (you need some coherent KPIs in companies) I still highly recommend it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD6hh3ZAxWE (3/12)