#AcademicRunPlaylist - 5/28/24

I had a good day hanging out with these guys today as well as listening to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Jordan Ellenberg on the importance of uncertainty and contradiction in math and why mathematics is actually part of the humanities at the Santa Fe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pXQNaS9Oo

Next was an interesting symposium on the Volkswagen emissions scandal litigation and how it's situated within the private global legal order with Ianika Tzankova, Deborah Hensler, and Axel Halfmeier at Tilburg University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeMBxoWVvuM

Next was an excellent conversation with Markus Reitzig on shaping and leading organizations with less hierarchy at INSEAD. Reitzig cuts through the noise on organizational flatness, identifying the importance of hierarchy and articulating the need to align incentives and processes to support any divisions that do move to fewer hierarchical levels. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51mHhmVEBjw

Next was an engaging panel on generative AI, worker organizing, and the platform economy at the Burnes Center for Social Change with Seth Harris (👋), Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, and Lilly Irani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bxCzl1aUos

Next was an intriguing talk by Mikhail (Misha) Belkin on the challenges of training infinitely large neural networks at the University of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_5vAenu9bc

Next was a thought-provoking panel on the trial by jury of patent cases at New York University School of Law with Colleen Chien, Mark Lemley, and David Schwartz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXWUW305Cbw

Next was a short talk by Christopher Findlay on the importance of the service sector for Indonesia's economic growth at the Crawford School of Public Policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHuJ_QXJI0

Next was a compelling talk by Susan Watson on the history of the corporate legal person at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KmsX-7n710

Next was a fascinating talk by Kent Deng on the geopolitics, market, and state in 10th-12th century China at the LSE. As one of the world's earliest periods of rapid economic growth this period provides insight into growth more generally and potential pitfalls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVxgAQobX8U

Last was a good talk by Rachel Griffith on how and why we tax large multinational firms at the Royal Economic Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lLlf-lJt54