Let Us Do Our Work As Well
As each new writing deadline approaches, I return to The Builders, a poem by Longfellow: All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some
Does Diverse News Decrease Polarization?
This is the third in a series of posts studying how Facebook's newsfeed affects political polarization. To recap: In the first post, I showed that polarization trends in the U.S. don't coincide
How Slanted Are Facebook Feeds?
This is the second in a series of posts seeking to understand the effect of social media on political polarization. In the first part, I argued that aggregate trends in polarization and news
Podcast with Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht (Generally Intelligent)
In June, I did a podcast with my friend Kanjun and Josh from Generally Intelligent. I forgot to fit the announcement into the blog schedule, so now here it is for any of
Updates and Lessons from AI Forecasting
Earlier this year, my research group commissioned 6 questions for professional forecasters to predict about AI. Broadly speaking, 2 were on geopolitical aspects of AI and 4 were on future capabilities: Geopolitical: How