I’m in Japan for the summer! I’m looking forward to collaborating with folks here on some new Revelio Labs initiatives (stay tuned!), and despite lingering jet lag from my trip to Saudi Arabia on the flight over I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a fascinating discussion between friends of the playlist Ann Lipton and Michael Levin on the recent US Supreme Court decision around closed-end funds (also their conversation from almost exactly a year ago on this topic was also extremely interesting) on the Shareholder Primacy podcast https://youtu.be/nJ4jOEzyvm0?si=kcXQlMI75PIEpi-A

Next was an interesting session with Karen Levy and Yochai Benkler on AI, automation, surveillance, and the future of jobs at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto https://youtu.be/nJ4jOEzyvm0?si=kcXQlMI75PIEpi-A

Next was a slate of talks from UIST:

Meeyoung (Mia) Cha - Deploying AI in the Global South https://youtu.be/zZrHhnE_Z0c?is=N0yZyDRy6E3qo_XO

Takeo Igarashi (future of content creation tools) and Pedro Lopes (integrating HCI and the human body) - highly recommend https://youtu.be/Lw6LMFosm00?is=uyp7O3v0bMi5_4gI 

Woo Choong-Wan - external stimuli and neuroscience https://youtu.be/nlXRnTuMfYo?is=477DbrOcoUl9U0yM 

Last was “The Saltwater Frontier” by Andrew Lipman. This is the definitive recounting of early Indian history, with Lipman combining a wide variety of sources and perspectives to situate the complex relationships between Indians, colonists, the Dutch, and the English from New England to New York. Particularly valuable was the incorporation of European current events and politics to explain how colonists likely interpreted Indian relations, as well as the absolutely masterful detail on the numerous Indian groups from language to politics to warfare practices (the misinterpretation of "scalping" was surprising). If you're interested in history or live in the US, this is a must read. Highly recommend https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300227024/the-saltwater-frontier/