#AcademicRunPlaylist - 11/17/25

Apparently I make a good dog pillow, and while trying not to disturb my good boy I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a fantastic discussion between Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow on the dual trends of enshittification and extraction and what to do about them at the Oxford Internet Institute. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYxMQJ9c94

Next was an amazing talk by Samantha Dalal on the need for oversight of algorithmic management platforms and how local governments have taken up this challenge at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k95aOSPK9YA

Next was a great talk by Niamh Dunne on regulatory norms in competition law assessment at the UCL Faculty of Laws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z0fVKutDzg

Next was an engaging panel on AI-supported collusion at the GW Competition & Innovation Lab with Douglas Ginsburg, Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Salil Mehra, Maurice Stucke, and Ai Deng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DTFh_zbHQ

Last was "Working the Diaspora: The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World" by Fred Knight. This book marshals an incredible breadth of research to document how West African expertise profoundly shaped agricultural and manufacturing practices across the Americas from colonization through the early 1800s. By shuttling back and forth across the Atlantic and examining a variety of industries, Knight definitively demonstrates how slaves were critical sources of industrial know-how that built an economic powerhouse. Importantly, he also shows how these enslaved people leverage that expertise to resist and even win freedom for themselves. Highly recommend https://nyupress.org/9780814763698/working-the-diaspora/