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Daniel Munro

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Director, Research & Innovation, Actua. Co-Director, Shift Insights. Senior Fellow, Munk School. Recovering political philosopher. MIT PhD. Innovation. Science policy. Ethics. Skills. Space. JAWS. Running. Chronic napping. 🇨🇦 www.shiftinsights.ca

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a possibility later today, but I’m at the mercy of my travel companions.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 17h

Climbing stuff. St. John’s edition, continued.

View of lighthouse and houses with waves hitting rocks, taken from high above and across a bay.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 20h

MIT President Sally Kornbluth’s full letter is worth reading. Strong and succinct.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 1d

January: Elbows up.

July: Elbows down.

October: Elbows nudge nudge, wink wink.

blair @blairaf.com · 1d

Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies

Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries.

OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure.

Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 1d

Climbing stuff. St. John’s edition.

View from one peak to another over small, colourful fishing village (Quidi Vidi) with Atlantic Ocean in the distance on a cloudy day.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 3d

Kid 1 is a huge fan of the David Tennant and beyond Doctors. Hasn’t quite come around to the earlier stuff, bit I’m working on it.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 3d

My hotel room has a 24/7 classic Doctor Who channel.

I’m sure wherever I am is a lovely place, but I have gaps in my viewing history that need filling.

Doctor Who lying awkwardly on the ground beside the TARDIS control panel.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 5d

Trail run. Corner Brook edition.

Early morning pink/purple light between fall-coloured trees and above a pond.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 6d

Some of you have not read Machiavelli’s Life of Castruccio Castracani, and it shows.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 6d

Some runs hurt more than others.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 6d

Double decker 401 underground tunnel should fix it. 🙃

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 7d

Normal books that somehow weave their way into my workflow when I’m thinking about innovation policy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Two books on a table:
Arendt’s The Human Condition and Arendt’s The Life of the Mind.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

If named to the timekeepers panel, I will advocate for turning clocks ahead by five hours every Friday at 12pm and back by 5 hours every Friday at 11pm.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Should Canada stop changing the clocks twice a year? MP says it's time | CBC News

An MP says all of Canada should end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year — and is planning on introducing legislation she hopes will ensure the custom is lost to time.

www.cbc.ca

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 8d

A giant of social science -- und ein wunderbarer Mensch. He will be much missed.

Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · 8d

The Hertie School mourns the passing of Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Claus Offe, Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology, an extraordinary scholar, teacher and colleague.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege to know him.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

No medical reason for the 6 months. I was too busy and abroad to get more timely blood tests so my doc just did the requisition for 6.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Fair. It’s not my only issue, but my loot bag of ailments is pretty light for a 50-something kid.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Test results came in and I have bad news for you. Healthy living can work.

I’m back in the normal range.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

I regret to inform me that 6 months of a very boring diet and more running brought my cholesterol levels back down to normal range.

Dang.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Might celebrate with a cheeseburger.

Stupid healthy living.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

I regret to inform me that 6 months of a very boring diet and more running brought my cholesterol levels back down to normal range.

Dang.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Every day is an impossible choice between muting America or bearing witness.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 9d

As in, a lot.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the first day of Naptober during which I will nap as much as I did in Naptember and will nap in Napvember.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 9d

I felt a great disturbance in the ranks of management, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced by a technology that could do their jobs.

Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 10d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 9d

After 20 years of working on skills and innovation policy in Canada, Ontario and other provinces, the most practical and cynical advice I can offer any firm or organization is this:

Invest heavily in developing your rent-seeking strategy and skills.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general

Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report

www.thetrillium.ca

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