Historian. Author of "The Radio Right" (Oxford, 2020).
Joined September 2010
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Elon opened the doors of content moderation jail and flooded this platform with vile idiots whose hate he actively promotes.
I've deleted this app on my phone although I'll maintain my account for DMs. Find me on Threads at the same handle where I'll be more active.
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A new paper estimates that Chernobyl cost 318 million life years by discouraging the construction of nuclear plants and thus increasing air pollution. If we conservatively estimate life expectancy at 80 years, that's about 4 million lives.
marginalrevolution.com/margi…
Severely underrated innovation in content moderation.
Well, 3 years ago they let journalists bully them out of releasing a revolutionary anti-harassment system. cato.org/blog/bleep-offers-c…
I was raised fundamentalist, so the neo-fundamentalist movement is familiar in many ways although the key difference is that this version is organized primarily along political and cultural rather than theological lines.
The previous thread on Shepherds for Sale was brought to you by growing up fundamentalist & I gotta say, you all are still amateurs at this 2nd-degree separation game. I leveled up to 3rd & 4th & have the badges to prove it*
(*not Awana badges of course b/c #separation)
This isn’t to say that old school fundamentalists were apolitical, but the organizing focus was on wayward theology as opposed to wayward politics.
Eg, accusing someone of being a Democrat today fulfills the same function as a fundy in the 1920s labeling someone a “modernist.”
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I also demand all cars have 8-track tape players. This is ludicrous. courthousenews.com/industry-…
I'm thrilled to announce that I've transitioned to a new job at @TheIHS, where I'm managing the AI and disruptive tech portfolio.
We're especially interested in promoting research from the social sciences & humanities on how AI can promote social welfare and human freedom.
I will be continuing as an adjunct fellow at the Cato Institute, hosting the "Unintended Consequences" podcast with the inimitable Peter Van Doren.
Strange to see @balajis sharing a platform with a group of Christian nationalists whose previous team-up was with a neo-Nazi pornographer and tea peddler.
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I graduated from college in '07, at the weird transition moment between the physical and streaming music models when ringtones and downloads were (briefly) major sources of revenue.
Elder millennial bridge generation ftw!
From @rex_woodbury, "10 Charts That Capture How the World is Changing." (Can't link b/c Elon sucks.)
Elon Musk emptied out content moderation jail to release all the white supremacist & misogynist freaks. This boosted demand for hateful content on the platform, which folks like Vance were willing to supply. Ironically, that’s now kneecapped a generation of right-wing politicos.
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I hadn't quite realized how sophisticated the ranking system for Community Notes is.
From @VitalikButerin's 80k interview:
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“AI is going to kill us all”
AI:
Artificial intelligence detects breast cancer 5 years before it develops
#MedEd #MedTwitter #SCIENCE #technology #oncology #Cancer #Diagnosis
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This has TWENTY MILLION views.
People are tired of AI doomerism. They have negativity fatigue. They are hungry for hope and positivity.
Artificial intelligence detects breast cancer 5 years before it develops
#MedEd #MedTwitter #SCIENCE #technology #oncology #Cancer #Diagnosis