My day was peppered with meetings, but I managed to sneak out for a bit for a quick run and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a short talk by Katarina Foss-Solbrekk on preventing misuse of interim IP injunctions at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGO3N65bW_4

Next was an engaging panel on how music, copyright, and contracts grapple with generative AI at the UCL Faculty of Laws with Ed Baden-Powell, Chris Cooke, Séverine Dusollier, and Natasha Mangal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCVdCK_Uyo

Next was a great talk by Leah Chan Grinvald on abuse of IP rights in the US at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Lu8R-VxyU

Next was a fascinating talk by Dario Floreano on avian-inspired drones at MIT Robotics. Floreano combines modeling of bird flight mechanics with novel drone designs to create truly unique aircraft with impressive capabilities. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqglMEFWBt8

Next was the National Bureau of Economic Research gender in the economy symposium. I particularly liked the talk by Tamara McGavock on measurement error in high-frequency time use surveys. Highly recommend the whole event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzSrmjLi-1I

Next was "The Birth of the Japanese Labor Movement" by Stephen Marsland. This book details the incredible genesis of the Japanese labor movement, with Marsland showing how early interactions with the US labor movement spurred a briefly flourishing, extremely unique period in both labor and Japanese history. Marsland reveals how the Japanese labor movement adapted a hybrid model of the Knights of Labor and AFL, with founders advocating a more collaborative interaction with management. This was initially met with strong wins, and how these nascent unions and management dealt with strikes was truly enlightening, with unions accepting the firing of initial agitators and companies firing executives who failed to successfully address worker concerns that led to strikes. While this brief movement was unceremoniously crushed as Japan further militarized in the early 20th century, the book concludes by tracing links to later movements. Highly recommend https://manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/the-birth-of-the-japanese-labor-movement

Last was "Hood" by Alison Kinney. This is a nice, albeit brief, cultural history of the hood, with Kinney unearthing the surprisingly modern origins of its more negative connotations. This history gets into extremely disturbing topics, such as torture, execution, and racism. If you're interested in a quick book on those topics, this is a good pickup https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/hood-9781501307409/