Diese Postkarte hat Helmut Goldschmidt während des Transports nach #Auschwitz aus dem Zug geschmissen. Mit Hilfe von Unbekannten erreichte sie seine Eltern. Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus #WeRemember #HolocaustGedenktag 1/2

Very interesting thread about a small village in Pfalz (my German home region) and the concept of villages in general.

If I was an employee (or shareholder) at AZ, I'd be quite angry with management. They literally produce an elixir that saves lives and fights a terrible plague -- but somehow they still manage to look like a villain in almost every story politico.eu/article/italia…

This is as good as it gets. Peter was my PhD advisor, Meg my postdoc mentor, Eszter my student, and Nageeb Ali is a great guy. I would pay good money to see either of them, and now I can stream all four of them for free 😍

Today's cautionary tale comes from the Wikipedia article on George R. Price

1/The collapse of the Government in Afghanistan this past week was so swift and complete - it was disorienting and difficult to comprehend. This is how the events seemed to proceed from my perspective as Central Bank Governor.

This does not bode well for economics

I wrote a a contribution on Economics Observatory about the economic logic of test & trace programs - which will remain relevant in the fight against covid-19 for a while to come.

A covid trilemma. We want three things this winter: 1. Few or no restrictions (esp for vaccinated) 2. Few deaths and functioning health sector 3. Everybody can choose freely whether to get vaccinated Many European countries can pick any 2 out of these - but probably not all 3

The Czech Science Foundation will fund my project "Data, Algorithms, Power: Economic Theories of the Information Society" for the next 5 years. Feeling very honored & looking forward to the research & exchange with colleagues all over the world.

If you are in Oxford (or have internet access) on 9 March 2022, you can hear me talk about why everyone sells your data, what it means for society, and how we might regulate it. (It's a lecture for the general public, though I think twitter users are also welcome)

At the Ukraine solidarity demonstration in Prague: A poignant moment as the crowd chants "nejste sami" ("you are not alone") after the 🇺🇦 ambassador speaks. In 1968, Soviet tanks crushed the Prague spring right here.

For anyone who wonders today if anything they do matters, here’s a paragraph by CS Lewis that helps me. It’s part of a sermon at Oxford in 1939, titled “Learning in Wartime”.

I am honored to join the "Czech Digital Team", an advisory board on digitization convened by the Deputy Prime Minister. Looking forward to discussing the digital transformation that our economy and society are undergoing.

Es ist schon interessant wie hier auf twitter niemand mehr irgend welche facts checkt, sondern alle nur noch urteilen.