#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/19/24

What was supposed to be a mere 25 hour trip turned into an over 30 hour fantastic journey (don’t take Air Canada), but I still didn’t exhaust the downloaded videos for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was the first day of Stigler Center for the Economy and State’s annual antitrust conference. The panel on the antitrust history of AT&T and IBM with Robert Crandall, Richard John, Giovanna Massarotto, and Tim Wu was revelatory, as was the following discussion with Randal Picker on the history of antitrust around computers and chips. The panel on litigation against Microsoft with Gary Reback, Ron Schnell, Robert Topel also deserves to be highlighted for excellent perspective. Highly recommend the whole day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWy69mn3gg0

Next was an interesting talk by Mehdi Moussaïd on pedestrian dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MIHD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQdYFoyE_2Q

Next was an engaging panel on ESG issues in investing at the New York School of Law with Robert Eccles, Ron Gilson, Janis Sarra, and Max Schazenbach. I liked the Canadian legal perspective on here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHemlq_QOzE&t=14s

Next was a thought-provoking talk by Michelle McDowell on the public understanding of risk at MIHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoOGBBAc1yQ&t=1s

Next was an informative talk by David Kershaw on the foundations of Anglo-American corporate law at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAobCIhaOQ&t=9s

Next was a fascinating talk by Tim Fawcett on Bayesian models of animal behavior at MIHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKLmNHNYn8

Next was an important talk by Ram Mahalingam on dirty work and dignity at the Michigan Center for South Asian Studies. Mahalingam delivers a powerful view into intersectional issues of dirty work in India, with a sobering look at the appetite of the public for deep, systemic change. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Huf7ypvNU&t=3s

Next was a moving talk by Elizabeth Loftus on the psychology and personal cost of false memories at MIHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c45HSVmAXDo

Next was an interesting talk by Tawanna Dillahunt on co-designing systems for employability at Stanford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXOTaFKq-Jo&t=7s

Next was a great talk by Till Grüne-Yanoff on categorizing and evaluating behavioral policies at MIHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6USvhNIss

Next was a wonderful talk by Russell G. Foster on light, sleep, and circadian rhythms at the Oxford Martin School (although you might not want to listen to it like I did amidst a mostly sleepless travel session). Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0qertNEer4

Next was an excellent talk by Björn Meder on statistics, psychology, and developmental trajectories at MIHD. Meder presents a number of ingenious experiments that probe how people develop surprisingly sophisticated strategies for solving complex choice problems. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiiEYPPLH-U

Next was a nice talk by Noa Pinter-Wollman on the effects of personality, networks, and space on collective behavior at the Santa Fe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgHKb_KoJ4A

Next was a thought-provoking talk by Ulrike Hahn Birbeck on misperceptions of randomness at MIHD. Ulrike makes a compelling case that psychological misperceptions shouldn’t be viewed as irrational, but rather doing the rational thing in an absence of knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92s3A7T8zo

Next was a crucial panel on workplace harassment law at NYU with David Sherwyn and Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1SNyxoN1U

Last (!) was an intriguing talk by Florian M. Artinger on satisficing as a central decision making heuristic at MIHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulKFGaBGnFc