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@bfosbrook

I research and write about humans, technology, and economic things. "Not a real doctor" -my kid. He/they. Opinions are mine.

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Alix Gould-Werth (@alixgouldwerth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And in today’s installment of why-good-schedules-are-good-for-workers-and-business, I discuss experimental evidence that shows that better schedules translate to better sleep. (1/6) equitablegrowth.org/retail-workers…

Beth Popp Berman (epopppp@bsky) (@epopppp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This #AEFP2019 presidential address by Carrie Conaway on the use of research in policy is so good it inspired a thread. Lessons to take away: caldercouncil.org/maximizing-res…

This #AEFP2019 presidential address by <a href="/clconaway/">Carrie Conaway</a> on the use of research in policy is so good it inspired a thread. Lessons to take away: caldercouncil.org/maximizing-res…
Lee Vinsel (@sts_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last summer, @LeapingRobot, @dcbrock, the historian of business and technology Margaret Graham, and I held a workshop, which included a bunch of smart people, on the notion of the "4th Industrial Revolution." Today we are publishing the papers from it. medium.com/whats-at-stake…

bfosbrook (@bfosbrook) 's Twitter Profile Photo

post-docs and academic researchers, please help: how would you explain your job in one sentence to a toddler? toddler: mommy is a doctor. and, daddy is a doctor. partner, a medical doctor: yes, mommy is a doctor. she helps sick people. daddy is...ummm...something different.

Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) (@alexhanna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reading up on the race + organizations literature for the upcoming workshop with @asociologist, and, although it seems obvious to say, how much this framework helps to understand big tech firms as fundamentally white organizations.

Joe Cressy (@joe_cressy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Number of times Doug Ford’s budget mentioned the words “alcohol” or “beer”: 46. Number of times “poverty” was mentioned: 0. Priorities.

bfosbrook (@bfosbrook) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is such an insightful investigation because it shows how the whole system, from the limited technologies to the deficient training, harms trans people.

the Dais (@daistmu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In the race to automate or enable better access to public services, govts sometimes fail to question whether people actually need the service or how it can be improved. Learn from . in our ongoing series on a more equitable innovation economy bit.ly/2me8SH3

S (@vector_ctrl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An absolute must read on surveillance data and mobile tracking - extremely well written and accessible, not to mention alarming. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Alyssa Battistoni (@alybatt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote for @logicmagazine about what we might learn from the experiment Biosphere 2 about the possibilities of technologically assisted ecological reproduction and repair, thinking with Sophie Lewis, Shulamith Firestone, & my editor Ben Tarnoff logicmag.io/nature/a-repai…

Economic Hardship Reporting Project (@econhardship) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Astra Taylor: "By definition, democracy implies collectivity; it depends on an inclusive and vibrant public sphere in which we can all listen to one another. We ignore that listening at our peril." The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/the-futur…

Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) (@alexhanna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New paper: Tina Park and I wrote a short piece for the recent #CSCW2020 workshop on Reconsidering Scale and Scaling, wherein we try to map the dimensions of "scale thinking" in Valley culture and map out resistances in mutual aid arxiv.org/abs/2010.08850