Joe Stiglitz is a bright guy. He won the Nobel for Economics in 2001 for his work on markets where information is asymmetric. He’s the… Read More »He’s not a neoliberal, “He’s a thug” – Stiglitz on Trump, in Montreal
The UMass Responsible Tech Coalition hosted journalist, editor and musician Liz Pelly to talk about her new book, “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and… Read More »Liz Pelly at UMass: Spotify, the Mood Machine
This past November, I had the privilege of offering the closing keynote at CSCW 2024 – the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and… Read More »From WEIRD to Wide: my keynote at CSCW 2024 in Costa Rica
A MASSIVE part of Global Voices is the Rising Voices program led by Eddie Avila. As he puts it, Rising Voice is about “helping communities… Read More »Rising Voices: Listening to the world on its own terms – an update from the Global Voices summit in Nepal
Danielle Allen is one of the great thinkers of our generation… by which I mean the GenX generation that teeters on the brink between hopelessness… Read More »Danielle Allen at UMass Amherst on “How to be a Confident Pluralist”
Florida is preparing for Hurricane Milton, the second significant storm in two weeks to impact the southern US. Hurricane Helene killed at least 220 people… Read More »What if our nation is not built for climate change?