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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 1d

All the thanks in the world to @casbsstanford.bsky.social

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 1d

A copy of the NEW BOOK @mitpress.bsky.social, "Somebody Should Do Something," has entered the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection! 📖

Two of its authors, @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social (2019-20) & @dryan149.bsky.social (2018-19), worked on the book during their CASBS fellowships 😏 🙌

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 1d

Proud and, given all the other incredibly smart and cool stuff on the shelves in the Tyler Collection at @casbsstanford.bsky.social, frankly kind of humbled to have our book join the ranks 🙏🏼

@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @madva.bsky.social

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 1d

A copy of the NEW BOOK @mitpress.bsky.social, "Somebody Should Do Something," has entered the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection! 📖

Two of its authors, @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social (2019-20) & @dryan149.bsky.social (2018-19), worked on the book during their CASBS fellowships 😏 🙌

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Sarah Robins @sarahrobins.bsky.social · 2d

“Implicit attitudes are a blend of habit and history” says Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) in her post at The Memory Palace today. This raises many challenging questions about the role of episodic memory. Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 2d

How does explicit memory, like episodic memory, shape implicit attitudes? Today at the Memory Palace, Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) discusses this and other questions, with particular attention to implicit biases and their harmful consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

How Memory Shapes Implicit Attitudes

Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona)

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CAIC @ Purdue @caic-at-purdue.bsky.social · 2d

The next CAIC Brown Bag Series features Taylor Davis who will be discussing and presenting a proposal for a new project titled 'Norms in the Scientific Image' 🧬🦠🧫

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5d

"Solar energy is anticipated to be the world’s main source of energy by 2050" hell yeah

Solar: main source of EU electricity in June with 22%

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 5d

Aside from having to record it in my overheated closet, this was a really fun interview with Andrew Keen. Appreciated the hard questions--like whether there can be a science of social change--and occasional pushback.
@madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

How to Lose Loudly: What the Left can Learn from the NRA

Episode 2577: Michael Brownstein on how anyone can create social change

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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨 New, short article by myself, Clark Barrett and @kevinlala.bsky.social on the legacy of Wilson's 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis', which was published 50 years ago.

@science.org #ehbea #histbiol #evobio #psyscisky

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate |Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate

What have we learned 50 years on?

www.science.org

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 6d

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What to read on International Day of Non-Violence

Several books on peace and reformation for International Day of Non-Violence.

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Evan Westra @evanwestra.bsky.social · 7d

Very cool new RL-based approach to modeling the emergence of social norms
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

How Social Norms Emerge: The Interindividual Actor–Critic

Download Citation | How Social Norms Emerge: The Interindividual Actor–Critic | Social norms shape a vast range of human behaviors, from everyday interactions to major life choices. Yet, existing theo...

www.researchgate.net

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 7d

I certainly would not use such a mascot to vividly and effectively illustrate to my students the idea of the uncanny valley

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 7d

Just in case you find yourself near Wayne, PA on Fri Oct 10th, stop by Main Point Books to ask @madva.bsky.social all the hard questions about making social change!

@dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

www.eventbrite.com/e/somebody-s...

Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

Main Point Books welcomes Alex Madva for a discussion of how communities create social change

www.eventbrite.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 7d

Chicagoland Friends! Two weeks from today I'll be in town at The Seminary Coop to talk about social change and my new book. It would be great to see you! It's from 4-5pm Thursday 10/16, and I will probably be thirsty afterwards.

www.semcoop.com/event/daniel...

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 8d

The Dems’ shutdown strategy is a microcosm of the party’s struggle to figure out how to resist MAGA authoritarianism. @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social analysis here is spot on.

Logrolling trigger warning: he makes excellent use of @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social, and my recent research. 🧵

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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CAIC @ Purdue @caic-at-purdue.bsky.social · 8d

Purdue grad student Samantha Ooley will be workshopping a talk titled 'Experience, Community, and Moral Development: Games-based Pedagogy as a Deweyan Model' at the CAIC workshop this Friday! ✏️🎲

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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 8d

"One way to recruit people, despite a lack of immediate prospects, is a tactic called 'losing loudly': making a spectacle of a battle they know they can’t win, one that motivates others to take action."

@mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 8d

In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory

www.vox.com/politics/463...

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 8d

sites.google.com/view/somebod...

Somebody Should Do Something

A new book about how individual people, working together, can create systemic social change Where to find it... MIT Press Penguin Bookshop Amazon Porchlight Books Greenlight Books Montclair Book ...

sites.google.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 8d

In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory

www.vox.com/politics/463...

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 9d

"There's so much love and care all over this movie full of anguish, explosions, and weed jokes."

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Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Big Game Hunting With 'One Battle After Another' | Defector

To call One Battle After Another the most ambitious film of director Paul Thomas Anderson’s career would be a disservice to his filmography. All of his work is marked by ambition, both in the producti...

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CAIC @ Purdue @caic-at-purdue.bsky.social · 12d

Purdue is doing something about books! Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, & Dan Kelly combine compelling stories with science to explore how personal choices, when linked with collective action, can drive the big structural change needed to tackle systemic issues. 📖 🥳

-Cristina Farmus, VP of Purdue

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🐭 Danielle Williams 🐹 @okaydaniellle.bsky.social · 12d

Yay @dryan149.bsky.social! 🥳

CAIC @ Purdue @caic-at-purdue.bsky.social · 12d

Purdue is doing something about books! Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, & Dan Kelly combine compelling stories with science to explore how personal choices, when linked with collective action, can drive the big structural change needed to tackle systemic issues. 📖 🥳

-Cristina Farmus, VP of Purdue

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 11d

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Putting ChatGPT on the Couch

When I played doctor with the chatbot, the simulated patient confessed problems that are real—and that should worry all of us.

www.newyorker.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 13d

Another full house

A room full of philosophers philosophizing about the emerging science of AI

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 13d

sites.google.com/view/somebod...

Somebody Should Do Something

A new book about how individual people, working together, can create systemic social change Where to find it... MIT Press Penguin Bookshop Amazon Porchlight Books Greenlight Books Montclair Book ...

sites.google.com

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s an excerpt from our book about carbon footprints and how the dark arts of corporate PR appropriate ideas about individual choice and personal responsibility www.commondreams.org/opinion/cons...

Shopping Differently Won't Solve the Climate Crisis | Common Dreams

Large companies like BP have taught us to track what we buy, and take responsibility for what we do with the stuff we buy, so that they won’t have to stop making and selling the stuff we buy from them...

www.commondreams.org

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Michael Brownstein @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social · 13d

Not too far from Westport CT and itching for something to do next Monday night 10.6? Hanging out with Alex Madva and me at the Westport Public Library wouldn't be your worst option. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

westportlibrary.org/event/common...

Common Ground Initiative: 'Somebody Should Do Something' With Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly

Learn how social change happens with authors Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly at this Common Ground event at The Westport Library.

westportlibrary.org

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