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jeff fossett
@jfoss117.bsky.social
Phd student at Harvard. Research lead at Plurality Institute.

Exploring somewhere in the intersection of technology governance, economics, STS, and plurality. I also like making things.

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Genuary 2024
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December 31, 2024 at 4:51 PM
e.g. meta-decisions about what to watch (it does give a slight spoiler tho)
December 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
At some point, commentator said something like "there is nothing more spurs-y than surrendering a 2-0 lead at home"
December 9, 2024 at 3:57 PM
(A poem using only the top row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard)
December 9, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Also: www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones... and other stuff on this sub could be worth a look
Dumbphones
A community about dumbphones, dumbed down smartphones, and feature phones. Join the revolution and enjoy the simple life!
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December 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Apple watch with standalone service (so can be used w/o phone) kinda works for this? You have to be ok with apple maps instead of google maps tho. Not sure about diabetes apps, but it can call/text/spotify and is bad for browsing/social media scrolling
December 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM
“The luddites were right”
December 7, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Replicating a fairly similar response to the Jon Bois tweet using the "empathy" counterspeech prompt from that paper and the same LLM they use
December 5, 2024 at 11:51 AM
E.g. compare these two:
December 5, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Have you seen this paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14986
To me some of these replies look strikingly similar to the "counterspeech" LLM interventions studied in this paper, which finds a backlash effect. So I almost wonder if these could be misguided attempts to do something constructive
December 5, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Local comparative examples
December 3, 2024 at 7:24 PM
It's also kinda good because it hooks into mitpress.mit.edu/978026251760... check out those bicycles on the cover
The Social Construction of Technological Systems
An anniversary edition of an influential book that introduced a groundbreaking approach to the study of science, technology, and society.This pioneering book...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:23 PM
interesting article from @glichfield.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM