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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 14d

📣 Come join a top-5 strategy department in Europe and work with me on an exciting topic at the intersection of causal AI and strategy 🤖📈

I'm recruiting a PhD student as part of my Sapere Aude Research Leader Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. (1/3)

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 21d

What could go wrong?

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21d

It was inevitable.

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 21d

Indeed but there have been egregious cases on both sides of the pond... The incentives and opportunities to cheat are very similar.

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 21d

Good questions... I don't know many people at ESSEC especially the OB group.

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 21d

Ziani did her PhD at ESSEC (Paris) though?

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 21d

Hats off to Zoe Ziani

Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 21d

This post is infuriating. Sadly, American academia is just a mirror of the broader society. www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statem...

A Post Mortem on the Gino Case | The Organizational Plumber

My perspective on the Gino-Ariely scandal, and what we should learn from it.

www.theorgplumber.com

Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 21d

This post is infuriating. Sadly, American academia is just a mirror of the broader society. www.theorgplumber.com/posts/statem...

A Post Mortem on the Gino Case | The Organizational Plumber

My perspective on the Gino-Ariely scandal, and what we should learn from it.

www.theorgplumber.com

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21d

It was inevitable.

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 26d

Täytyy lukea paperi, kuulostaa mielenkiintoiselta!

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · 26d

Kaikki patentointi on strategista ja osa high-tech kilpailua 😉

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jan 5

Despite the reported skepticism of higher education, Americans “still recognize the value of a degree for themselves and their children. And they’re correct to do so,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes.

The College Backlash Is a Mirage

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

bit.ly

BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · Jan 5

The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Jan 4

Inflection point!

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jan 2

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.

bloom.bg

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Jan 3

This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity.

Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this: @heidiwilliams.bsky.social, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! Co-sponsor @ifp.bsky.social

If you're admitted, it's free. Applications due January 9th!

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online PhD Short Course | Institute for Progress

ifp.org

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jan 2

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.

bloom.bg

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Jan 2

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · Jan 2

Humanity emitted more Greenhouse Gases in 2025 than any year ever

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Dec 19

Amazing opportunity for young scholars to move from US to Europe

Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Dec 19

Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

uni-freiburg.de

Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Dec 19

Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

uni-freiburg.de

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Dec 18

Wow this is a shockingly poor driving performance. We're not very close to autonomous driving, friends

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Dec 17

Tesla's robotaxis crash at 10x the rate of human drivers.

Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.

The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.

Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them

Tesla has reported yet another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA. The new data keeps the...

electrek.co

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Dec 17

Tesla's robotaxis crash at 10x the rate of human drivers.

Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.

The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.

Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them

Tesla has reported yet another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA. The new data keeps the...

electrek.co

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Dec 13

This is massive

Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · Dec 12

🔴⚠️⛈🇺🇸The atmospheric river is still insisting with local rains in the state of #Washington where it released days of heavy rains causing historical #floods and the evacuation of more than 100000 people,as in #Snohomish ⬇️last 24hrs of #GOES18 via @zoom.earth
#ClimateEmergency

Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · Dec 12

🔴⚠️⛈🇺🇸The atmospheric river is still insisting with local rains in the state of #Washington where it released days of heavy rains causing historical #floods and the evacuation of more than 100000 people,as in #Snohomish ⬇️last 24hrs of #GOES18 via @zoom.earth
#ClimateEmergency

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Nov 28

That didn't take long

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Nov 18

What he said

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Nov 18

5. AI data centers can bring their own clean energy and enough for the community too, while building out local grid for electrification so households don’t get stuck with the bill: fas.org/publication/...

Speed Grid Connection Using ‘Smart AI Fast Lanes’

Federal and state governments need to ensure that the development of new AI and data center infrastructure does not increase costs for consumers, impact the environment, and exacerbate existing inequa...

fas.org

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Nov 18

5. AI data centers can bring their own clean energy and enough for the community too, while building out local grid for electrification so households don’t get stuck with the bill: fas.org/publication/...

Speed Grid Connection Using ‘Smart AI Fast Lanes’

Federal and state governments need to ensure that the development of new AI and data center infrastructure does not increase costs for consumers, impact the environment, and exacerbate existing inequa...

fas.org

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Nov 16

So epstein was a mentor to summers in abusing young women. In 2018.

Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · Nov 15

The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.

Aija Leiponen @aijaleiponen.bsky.social · Nov 16

Who Exactly Ruined the Workplace, Including the Economics Profession?

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · Nov 15

1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.

www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...

For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)

www.nytimes.com

Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · Nov 15

The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.

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