@jamesking

Founder of @sciencepractice and co-founder of @ctrl_group.

 London
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Joined July 2007
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I think I asked whether they got *anything* right
Ole Peters
@ole_b_peters27 Mar 2025
At EE2025 @jamesking asked what Kahneman and Tversky got right. Using two-sentence stories is one thing. So here's a two-sentence EE story. We asked quantitatively trained economists to complete a gambling task. When we gave them time to think about it, they did worse.
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Message from Emilie Soysal and @jamesking about the next ergodicity-economics seminar, presented by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, on a classic paper he co-authored with @marc_mezard in 2000. Come and join us, sign-up link in the message below. eomail6.com/web-version?p=ac…

Ergodicity Economics seminar series #3: Tuesday 21st May 2pm London time

New EE seminar series. Third talk, Tuesday 21st May 2pm London time

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I’ve long hypothesized that ‘life is the universe developing a memory’. This is the basis of Assembly Theory (AT) and Philip Ball has written an article about AT published here in Quanta. quantamagazine.org/a-new-the…

A New Theory for the Assembly of Life in the Universe | Quanta Magazine

If we want to understand complex constructions, such as ourselves, assembly theory says we must account for the entire history of how such entities came to be.

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Great work from @sciencepractice on behalf of @wellcometrust! Read more in this thread…
Wellcome
@wellcometrust2 Dec 2022
Data on underrepresentation is well-evidenced in STEM. We want to help fix that ⤵️🧵[1/5]
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Here's my latest project: ooh.directory , a collection of hundreds of blogs. I was tired of hearing "no body blogs any more" and wanted to show that there are so. many. blogs! I have loads more blogs and features to add yet, and I hope you find something interesting.

ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

A collection of 2,433 blogs about every topic

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I'm very excited to have joined @AdeptAILabs! We're building a universal collaborator – it's like an overlay that sits on top of all the software you use. You can hand off tasks to it by just... asking. Below is an early preview of some things it can do!
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This guide worked well for me and took about 30 minutes to get setup and generate my first txt2img image. Absolutely amazing! replicate.com/blog/run-stabl…

Run Stable Diffusion on your M1 Mac’s GPU – Replicate blog

How to run Stable Diffusion locally so you can hack on it

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Build, build, build, refactor…
Loek Vugs@LoekVugs11 Apr 2022
How does this tangled line walk and how can I make it loop seamlessly? These were the questions when I was looking back at some older doodles in my sketchbook. I'm glad I revisited this idea.
We're excited to start a new round of research with @fora_health! If you're interested in taking part, please let us know at fora.health/user-research.ht…
Fora Health@fora_health16 Jun 2022
We're starting a new round of research and are inviting practicing clinicians in the UK and US with experience in primary care to help us understand how decisions for treatment are discussed with patients.
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How does this tangled line walk and how can I make it loop seamlessly? These were the questions when I was looking back at some older doodles in my sketchbook. I'm glad I revisited this idea.
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Exciting times. We are #hiring to boost further development of @fora_health. Find more about the roles & our #DigitalHealth innovation here: ctrl-group.com/careers/ - Android engineer - Backend Engineer - Senior Software Tester / Release Manager - UX Designer / User Researcher
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New year, new challenge? 💫 We're hiring an intern to help us shape more responsible health funding programmes. Details & apply 👉 science-practice.com/blog/20… Deadline 10th Jan #scipoljobs #policyjobs #internship

We are offering an internship for early 2022 – Health funding design intern

Develop your skills and gain experience while helping to create a more open, just and responsible philanthropic sector.

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Boosted!
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Termination Shock by Neal Stevenson is really good! Most similar to Reamde in terms of style (near future, fun, not weird). Perhaps the most entertaining book about climate change? Audio book narration is superb too.
This article by @TomChivers is great. UK Gov response to pandemic was “too bloody clever by half”. unherd.com/2021/10/the-men-w…
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Great review of a great book.
Julia Galef
@juliagalef29 Sep 2021
"Writing a book" was admittedly a very time-consuming, effortful way to achieve my #1 life goal: Being reviewed by @slatestarcodex. But hey, at least it worked! astralcodexten.substack.com/…

Book Review: The Scout Mindset

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We're exploring ways for young people with lived experience to shape mental health research. Are you a young person with lived experience, an ally, or a researcher/innovator working on young people’s mental health? We'd love to learn from you 👇 #MentalHealth #LivedExperience
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Working on an important project close to my heart right now. We're looking to speak with folks in India, Uganda and UK, specifically: - young people with #LivedExperience of #MentalHealth challenges - allies who support them - researchers working on this Plz help us connect? 🙏
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Lovely thread about an interview with Richard Lewontin.
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👋 We've still got space in our upcoming research! If you're a person with #depression, a #mentalhealth professional, or if you're just enthusiastic about the intersection between #userexperience and digital #mentalhealth, check out the tweet below! xitter.cf/ctrl_group/status/1405…
Ctrl Group@ctrl_group18 Jun 2021
🚨 Are you a person living with #depression, someone who treats people with depression, and/or someone who's just generally enthusiastic about the intersection of #mentalhealth and #HealthTech? If so, then you might want to get involved in our upcoming user research project!
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