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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · 7d

If you are into "Doughnut Economics" here is a very good review and criticism of the book by Noah Smith. www.noahpinion.blog/p/book-revie...

Book Review: "Doughnut Economics"

In which Kate Raworth summarizes many leftish criticisms of economics.

www.noahpinion.blog

N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Aug 19

By far, kepano (Steph Ango) is my favorite CEO. Thanks @obsidian.md for a great, privacy-first app and for not rushing to put AI into it. I also love the file-over-app philosophy!

kepano @stephango.com · Aug 18

Our philosophy as far as how it would ever make sense for Obsidian is that it has to fit with the principles that are in our manifesto, which is that it would have to be private. We're not comfortable with the idea that our users' data could be stored in OpenAl servers without their consent. I think a lot of tools out there are just kind of defaulting to this feeling that there's an arms race. We've got to put Al into everything.
Let's put a little magic button everywhere. I don't think that's us. We want to give users confidence that their thoughts are theirs, that things are not going to be used to train the next LLM.
That said, I do think Al can be really powerful for certain uses. So the question is, in the long term, do we end up giving an API to the plugin community so that they can build those types of functionalities more easily? Right now, we're not working on it. We've been holding off and watching what's going on. We don't feel a sense of urgency to suddenly put all these things in there because, to be honest, the plugin ecosystem is there for you and you can do it if you really want that. There are things much more important to us on the priority list that we want to work on first, that we would rather set our time aside for with our limited capacity.

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Teemu Lari @teemulari.bsky.social · Aug 8

Finally got around to publishing a summary of my phd thesis. Stuff about pluralism, economics, philosophy of science.

#philsci #econsky
doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

Diversity for the Common Good? Philosophical Inquiries into Pluralism in Economics | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

doi.org

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 30

And now for something completely different. We have released our band's (Nurses Care) 1998 studio recordings on Spotify. Unedited & raw. Enjoy! (I am playing the bass guitar) open.spotify.com/album/3Qnqp1... (Also avaible on other streaming platforms.)

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Uğur Gürses @ugurses.net · Aug 1

Serdengeçti’ye veda yazım:
Türkiye’de merkez bankacılığı çıtasını yükselten başkan ugurses.net/2025/08/01/s...

Serdengeçti’ye veda: Türkiye’de merkez bankacılığı çıtasını yükselten başkan

1986’nın Nisan ortasında Merkez Bankası’nda işe başladım. Ankara’da Ulus’taki tarihi binanın üçüncü katında, camekanla ikiye bölünmüş iki odadan büyüğüne yönlendirdiler beni. Kambiyo Ge…

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 30

And now for something completely different. We have released our band's (Nurses Care) 1998 studio recordings on Spotify. Unedited & raw. Enjoy! (I am playing the bass guitar) open.spotify.com/album/3Qnqp1... (Also avaible on other streaming platforms.)

open.spotify.com

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 30

1990'lardaki rock grubumuz Nurses Care'in 1997'de yaptığı kayıtları Spotify'da yayınladık. open.spotify.com/album/3Qnqp1... (Diğer platformlarda da var.)

Dwarf

Nurses Care · Album · 1998 · 14 songs

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 26

Ceyhun hoca, elektrik dağıtımının özelleştirilmesiyle orman yangınları arasındaki ilişkiyi iktisadi açıdan çok güzel anlatmış. İzleyin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4an... @ceyhunelgin.bsky.social

Ormanlar Neden Yanıyor? Elektrik Dağıtımındaki Gizli Tehlike Ortaya Çıkıyor!

YouTube video by Kayıt Dışı İktisat - Ceyhun Elgin

www.youtube.com

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 8

After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot

[Atari 2600 has a 8-bit 1.19 MHz CPU and 128 BYTES of RAM]

www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot: 'The vintage silicon mastermind bested me fair and square'

I got one more in me!

www.pcgamer.com

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 7

Mac error log is dominated by Epson. Too bad I cannot print it to frame and send to Epson.

N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jul 5

Nice podcast featuring @jowolff.bsky.social on democracy and democratic culture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_R3...

Democracy: Differently Ep1. Jo Wolff on Democratic Culture and Polarisation

YouTube video by Democracy:Differently

www.youtube.com

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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · Jun 13

The East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Mentorship Scheme for Early Career Scholars! 🥳🔥

More info👇
eenps.weebly.com/mentorship.h...

#philsci

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 10

We’ve also got a book review symposium coming up!

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 10

Anna Alexandrova (@annaalexandrova.bsky.social) has written an excellent review of the revised edition. Published in the Journal of Economic Methodology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The inexact and separate science of economics

Published in Journal of Economic Methodology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 10

Another summer read: the revised edition of Daniel Hausman’s The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics. First read it as a PhD student many years ago—learned a lot. Still excellent, though I wish it engaged more with recent philosophy of science.

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 10

I finally read The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State by McCloskey & Mingardi. I didn’t like the argumentative style, but the critique of Mazzucato is serious. If you can get past the tone, it’s worth reading.

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 3

Diane Coyle's talk was great and created even more appetite to read her most recent book, The Measure of Progress.

I'm now reading the book and can confirm it's a must-read for anyone interested in economics and the economy.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #econsky @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today at 14:00 (Helsinki time)!
📢 Argumenta Distinguished Lecture: The Measure of Progress
🎙️ Diane Coyle (@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social)
💻 Online | 🎟️ Free & open to all
🔗 Join via Zoom: reses-argumenta.fi?p=1201

#econsky #philsci

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today at 14:00 (Helsinki time)!
📢 Argumenta Distinguished Lecture: The Measure of Progress
🎙️ Diane Coyle (@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social)
💻 Online | 🎟️ Free & open to all
🔗 Join via Zoom: reses-argumenta.fi?p=1201

#econsky #philsci

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · May 26

ReSES project is happy to announce its upcoming Argumenta Distinguished Lecture titled “The Measure of Progress” to be delivered by Diane Coyle (@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social). This lecture is organised jointly with @tint-philosophy.bsky.social. More info: reses-argumenta.fi?p=1201 #econsky #philsci

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · May 29

ToC:

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FT Weekend @ftweekend.com · May 12

The Measure of Progress by Diane Coyle — has GDP run its course?

https://www.ft.com/content/3008152a-4c8a-4ef8-8d7b-dd40f2bac89c

The Measure of Progress by Diane Coyle — has GDP run its course?

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

www.ft.com

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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science @tint-philosophy.bsky.social · May 28

In the next Perspectives on Science seminar (organized with The ReSES project) on Monday, June 2, Diane Coyle (University of Cambrige) will give a lecture based on her book “The Measure of Progress”. #philsci. More here: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/05/28/2.... All are welcome!

2.6. Perspectives on Science Seminar / The ReSES project: Diane Coyle – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

tint-helsinki.fi

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · May 27

Preprint is available on PhilArchive: philarchive.org/rec/AYDPOE-2

N. Emrah Aydinonat & Jack Vromen, Philosophy of Economics for Those Who Don’t Expect It (Yet Still Have to Take It) - PhilArchive

Teaching a compulsory, large-scale Philosophy of Economics (PoE) course to economics students presents distinct challenges. Instructors face a heterogeneous student body with varying levels of interes...

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N. Emrah Aydınonat @aydinonat.bsky.social · May 27

Almost ready for publication: our chapter in the forthcoming Edward Elgar Handbook for Teaching Philosophy to Economists. We reflect on the challenges of teaching a large, compulsory PoE course in an econ department—and offer some practical suggestions.

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