On the anniversary of 9-11, the most well-researched disaster of all time (at least until Covid), here is a thread of some of the readings I recommend on public behaviour during the event (mostly free access) #September11th 1/11

‘How do we connect people who want to do something, with people who can help them do it, while staying grounded in the real-world context to ensure it works?’ Not sure who to thank for this brilliant schematic for social change - I believe @SimonFParker shared on LinkedIn!

Deputy Prime Minister @oliverdowden has announced a National Risk Register setting out 89 of the most significant risks facing the UK 🇬🇧 It shared more information than ever before so the Government and partners can work together to keep the UK safe 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

Taylor Swift eras as qualitative methods with no explanations, a thread. Debut: Participant observation

Tech luminaries are stuck in the mud at Burning Man, and some raised a "Lord of the Flies" scenario. But that's just not how people usually react. Such false beliefs about "human nature" are harmful, and mislead on how to really change the world. New: nytimes.com/2023/09/03/opi…

Gideon Lewis-Kraus interviewed me about my role in the Ariely - Gino scandal. I think it is excellent work! newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

A ripple effect of today's AI that not enough folks are considering is how much we rely on writing, for better or worse, for assessment: well-written essays get you into college, well-written resumes get you jobs, well-written emails get you promoted, etc. That signal is gone.

🎉Congratulations to Jens Koed Madsen & Lee de-Wit who have been awarded a significant grant from the prestigious Templeton World Charity Foundation to study perceptions of source independence & polarisation. #research #grant #polarisation #psychology

As a former fast streamer (2014 entry) this was an interesting read!

🚨 Announcing a new working paper measuring the causal impact of generative AI on business performance in emerging markets! osf.io/preprints/osf/… This is joint work w/ @nickgotis (who led the project) Rowan Clarke Solene Delecourt + Rem Koning. More on our results below 👇 1/

GPT-4 makes Christmas dinner planning a doddle.

Fascinating - “meticulous” and “moreover” have been my reliable flags for GPT for a while!

I’m going to put this picture on my slide about physical affordances

when i was a child I always dreamed of becoming a key stakeholder, and being managed

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Carbonation can sort-of play this role. Or serving it hot.

Rory Sutherland on why group decision making is often worse than personal judgement