#AcademicRunPlaylist - 2/15/25

I ran way farther than I was planning, and despite a circuitous route I enjoyed the run to Ritsumeikan and then Osaka. On the way I got to listen to lots of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an excellent talk by Sukrit Puri on the characteristics of Indian society and their connections with economic development at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State https://www.youtube.com/live/YSYqYnxlMxQ?si=VcNQvcoAAlAl2iMe&t=1066

Next was an intriguing panel on ethical considerations in psychedelics with Stacy Fischer, Amy McGuire, and Kristin Speer, PharmD, BCPS at the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUp5h6iXPcs

Next was an unfortunately timely talk by Ian Boyd on how scientists can effectively engage with political decision makers at the Oxford Martin School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpLze9pF1s

Next was an interesting talk by Fabian Stephany on how job postings are evolving in AI-related roles at PLAMADISO – Platforms, Markets, and the Digital Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4tESl2hs0

Next was a great talk by Regina Seibel on the cost of the cold start problem on Airbnb at the Toulouse School of Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg5fLHW0aIk

Next was a compelling talk by Andrea Bajcsy on designing robotic systems for open world safety at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwRYUbpphMw

Next was a spicy talk by Nancy Fraser on the links between gender, race, and class in labor justice at Western University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJCnDzJpB6w

Next was the National Bureau of Economic Research digital economics and AI symposium. I particularly liked the opener by Abhishek Nagaraj on the impact of pirated data access on LLM performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tcxC3ukLNQ

Last was "The Gay Revolution" by Lillian Faderman. This book zooms in on the individuals that through the decades fought against discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in the US, chronicling the horrific conditions of the mid-20th century and the gradual, incremental victories that eventually built to where we are today. The book is organized by issue rather than chronologically, which causes some whiplash when reading and also makes it challenging to connect the different movements that were interacting. Clocking in at nearly 800 pages though, this book certainly covers the bases and gives you a personal view on the movement for equality and justice https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gay-Revolution/Lillian-Faderman/9781451694123