#AcademicRunPlaylist - 11/11/24

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Ben Waber
November 11, 2024

A selfie of me on a leaf-covered path through the woods on a sunny day, with the late afternoon shadows of the thin birch trees stretching across the path. I'm a bald, middle-aged, white man with a red beard flecked with white. I'm wearing black sunglasses and a heather grey t-shirt

We had some great weather in Boston again, and while hitting the trails to enjoy it I was also able to listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a thought-provoking talk by Natali Helberger on what the EU AI Act means for researchers and responsible AI more broadly at the University of Amsterdam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLJf_B3w1yk

Next was a great conversation with Roberto Tallarita and Kenneth Khoo on how SEC guidance on environmental and social proposals has changed shareholder voting patterns on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVwglwZnjI

Next was an excellent discussion with Margot Canaday on sexuality and work in modern America at the Hagley Museum and Library. The conversation adds even more detail and color to her book "Queer Career" (which I highly recommended back in September!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVeYrTB-bGM

Next was an intriguing talk by Henry Pearce on how the UK could approach data protection reform post-Brexit (risk-based framework, anyone?) at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jNzS3E4gJA

Next was an interesting talk by Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac on the effects of reforms that legislate formal equality between men and women in wealth transfers, with a focus on France, at UC Berkeley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_VfbA2JSE

Next was a fascinating talk by Kristina Höök on combining aesthetics, movement, and emotion in design work at Stanford University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBTNAq8Qy8

Last was "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. "The United States is a crime scene," one of the quotes from this excellent book, gives you a sense of how Dunbar-Ortiz approaches US history. This book focuses on the profound injustices and immorality of how European colonizers and the inheritors of their project interacted with indigenous people, underlining the hypocrisy of much of the US's founding myths. Most of the book reviews this history from prior to the 20th century - if you're looking for a deeper analysis on more recent events I'd recommend "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee." Overall this book makes a great addition to the US history canon, highly recommend https://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-P1164.aspx