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I read this article from @johncassidysays.bsky.social thinking, βI sure hope he mentions THE MEANS OF PREDICTION and @maxkasy.bsky.social.β He does!
Can A.I. Be Pro-Worker? www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
THE ART OF FIELDING is one of my favorite books of the last 20 years, and I'm so excited that the sequel is finally publishing, even if it doesn't seem like this one has as much baseball.
Ennui
I deleted instagram for now, so you guys are stuck getting these
And another @uchicagopress.bsky.social book: Veeckβas in Wreck, which Eichengreen calls βthe best business book of all timeβ!
excited to share that I am *officially running* to represent Massachusetts state employees on the MA public pension board!
I'm running because public pensions are *ours* and should serve the interests of state workers and our communities
I'm endorsed by @massteacher.bsky.social
www.mapension.com
βAn admirably clear and compact explanationβthe best one out thereβof what AI is, and what it can and cannot doββBarry Eichengreen on @maxkasy.bsky.socialβs THE MEANS OF PREDICTION from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
smartthinkingbooks.com/smart-thinki...
She was my city council representative and I loved her. I emailed her one Sunday about rats fleeing the Barclays Center construction and coming into our apartment.
Tish called me that night and had arranged a hearing a week later. Look at my quote:
archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...
Brett Christophers on Ray Madoffβs THE SECOND ESTATE in @thetls.bsky.social. He gets it.
Hey now
Iβm prepared to make this MJ Lenderman show my whole personality
(Whispered)
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Three @uchicagopress.bsky.social booksβincluding Ray Madoffβs THE SECOND ESTATE and Jens Ludwigβs UNFORGIVING PLACESβon the year-end list of record
Weβre all doing our best
Geese is kind of Wolf Parade. Thatβs good!
Congratulations to @georgeselgin.bsky.social, whose FALSE DAWN from @uchicagopress.bsky.social is one of WSJβs Top Ten Books of the Year!
Killing
When word circulates in Hyde Park that @hatethegamebook.com is in town, thereβs a line for her
jack donaghy: "That information is classified. At least until Dick Cheney dies which is gonna be a long time from now. That man is mostly metal."
This angel was just found on UChicago campus. DM if youβre looking to meet her! What a dream.
Ray Madoff explains how the US has made it all too easy for the wealthy to avoid playing taxes. slate.trib.al/bNUJLog
βWe might hope that keeping our own data private could protect each of us from unwanted outcomes. But A.I. doesnβt need to know what you have been doing; it only needs to know what people like you have done before,β Maximilian Kasy writes.
**a mere fraction** of the erudition and incision of Max Kasyβs just-published THE MEANS OF PREDICTION, available now from @uchicagopress.bsky.social and featured in todayβs Sunday @nytimes.com:
Some lovely first reviews of "The Means of Prediction" are out:
www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...
(by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social)
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Ray Madoff and Gary Gulman in a heartwarming and funny Q&A about THE SECOND ESTATE at New York Public Library via @uchicagopress.bsky.social
For those not in Chicago: It would be hard to overstate how broad & intense the public reaction & activity against ICEβs kidnappings are. This is a movement of everyday people who are going to do everything in their admittedly limited power to make it harder for these people to take their neighbors.