#AcademicRunPlaylist - 8/9/24

It wasn’t the nicest day in Boston, but I did get a good look at this hawk and I was able to get in a bunch of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an interesting talk by Anne Stone about what ancient DNA tells us about human adaptation at Arizona State University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVd7zJkfthU

Next was an excellent talk by Johannes Loh on competition and value capture in platform markets at PLAMADISO – Platforms, Markets, and the Digital Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6VooALqGMY

Next was a wide-ranging talk by Anne Booth on poverty and inequality in Indonesia at the Crawford School of Public Policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_JRBh9bLG4

Next was a short talk by Dr Lucy Montague on the role of urban design theory in the creation of place and placelessness at UNSW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6wt0qrJDk

Next was a great talk by Matt Jordan on deduplication of large-scale text datasets at Ai2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLxis-p8yE

Next was an intriguing talk by Andrew Saxe on what deep learning implies about cognition at #CCN2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmupDwKLgPQ 

Next was a thought-provoking talk by Sarrah Kassem on work and alienation in the platform economy at Plamadiso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjfGjDlUEI

Next was an engaging talk by Leyla Isik on seeing social interactions at #CCN2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWpIon_cxBw

Next was a fascinating talk by Zeray Alemseged on Lucy’s children and human origins at ASU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EibLdxkQZ3k

Next was a short talk by Tracy Kivell on Lucy and the evolution of hand dexterity and tool use at ASU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3469samYjD4

Next was a short talk by Kaye Reed on the origin and evolution of the savanna “hypothesis” of human evolution at ASU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsOSJVWypWQ&t=10s

Next was a fantastic talk by Brooke Erin Duffy on platform labor and the politics of algorithmic invisibility at Plamadiso. Duffy focuses on social media creators and their challenges of understanding how the algorithms that drive their livelihoods actually work, leading to direct and indirect harms to employees and the platform itself. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXeIL8VrY1M

Last was a short talk by Giana Eckhardt and Samuelson Appau on what happens when brands regulate markets at Plamadiso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEB4lUIXqWg