Ben Waber
@bwaber.bsky.social
MIT Researcher, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics. AI, management, law, corporate governance, psychology, anthropology, ethics, and similar topics
Ruh roh
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ruh roh
I mostly rested up at the onsen today, and while relaxing outside of the baths I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I mostly rested up at the onsen today, and while relaxing outside of the baths I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
I know it's important to show the tsunami warning but maybe NHK could show sumo in split screen? Already missed Aonishiki 😬
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I know it's important to show the tsunami warning but maybe NHK could show sumo in split screen? Already missed Aonishiki 😬
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
A NEW PERSONAL RECORD! Today I hit 58 miles (~93 km), making an enjoyable loop from Setagaya-ku to Yokohama and then around the Imperial Palace and back. And you better believe that gave me lots of time to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/10)
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A NEW PERSONAL RECORD! Today I hit 58 miles (~93 km), making an enjoyable loop from Setagaya-ku to Yokohama and then around the Imperial Palace and back. And you better believe that gave me lots of time to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/10)
A travesty, and for folks I know at Cornell FYI I will not attend or participate at any event hosted at your institution.
Cornell will be sharing admissions data including Cornell college, race, GPA and test scores.
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A travesty, and for folks I know at Cornell FYI I will not attend or participate at any event hosted at your institution.
I'm doing a panel with my coauthor Katri Nousiainen on the antitrust implications of technology regulation at Harvard Law, if this is of interest and you're in the Boston area feel free to attend along with your hottest takes hls.harvard.edu/events/hls-b...
HLS Beyond Presents: The Antitrust Implications of Technology Regulation - Harvard Law School
Though technology regulation has traditionally been treated separately from antitrust concerns, panelists in this session argue that the current antitrust regimes and regulatory practices in the US an...
hls.harvard.edu
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm doing a panel with my coauthor Katri Nousiainen on the antitrust implications of technology regulation at Harvard Law, if this is of interest and you're in the Boston area feel free to attend along with your hottest takes hls.harvard.edu/events/hls-b...
I was all over town for meetings today, and in addition to spotting this apartment building instantiation of the worst Tetris strategy imaginable I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I was all over town for meetings today, and in addition to spotting this apartment building instantiation of the worst Tetris strategy imaginable I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
I was able to go out for a shorter run around Tokyo yesterday, and while taking in the sights I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I was able to go out for a shorter run around Tokyo yesterday, and while taking in the sights I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)
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Next Monday, 11/10, 12-1 pm ET: We are excited to feature our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Brian Rogers, speaking on "City of Commuters: Work and Mobility in Tokyo, 1890-1973, moderated by Ian Miller (History). Please join us in-person and online! us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/city-c...
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Next Monday, 11/10, 12-1 pm ET: We are excited to feature our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Brian Rogers, speaking on "City of Commuters: Work and Mobility in Tokyo, 1890-1973, moderated by Ian Miller (History). Please join us in-person and online! us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/city-c...
Another instance of an organization, in this case @mozilla.org, destroying their supporting community by forcing AI into everything. (1/2)
support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums...
support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums...
Client Challenge
support.mozilla.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Another instance of an organization, in this case @mozilla.org, destroying their supporting community by forcing AI into everything. (1/2)
support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums...
support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums...
I'm back in Japan! I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and collaborators in person over the next week, and on the way over I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm back in Japan! I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and collaborators in person over the next week, and on the way over I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
Landed from my flight to Japan and very pleased to see some freaking good news for once
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Landed from my flight to Japan and very pleased to see some freaking good news for once
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On November 12th at 11 AM, we will host a Worlding Feminist Political Economies Event. This conversation will focus on The Black Social Economy and Capital, exploring how we move beyond superficial understandings of financial inclusion. To join, email me before Nov 12th caroline.hossein@utoronto.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On November 12th at 11 AM, we will host a Worlding Feminist Political Economies Event. This conversation will focus on The Black Social Economy and Capital, exploring how we move beyond superficial understandings of financial inclusion. To join, email me before Nov 12th caroline.hossein@utoronto.ca
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What makes dialogue 💬 constructive 🫂?
We address this question in our #EMNLP2025 paper investigating how **responsivity** can characterize conversation quality ✨
Brandon Roy will be presenting our work (Oral) on Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30.
🧵👇
https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1798/
We address this question in our #EMNLP2025 paper investigating how **responsivity** can characterize conversation quality ✨
Brandon Roy will be presenting our work (Oral) on Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30.
🧵👇
https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1798/
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What makes dialogue 💬 constructive 🫂?
We address this question in our #EMNLP2025 paper investigating how **responsivity** can characterize conversation quality ✨
Brandon Roy will be presenting our work (Oral) on Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30.
🧵👇
https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1798/
We address this question in our #EMNLP2025 paper investigating how **responsivity** can characterize conversation quality ✨
Brandon Roy will be presenting our work (Oral) on Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30.
🧵👇
https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1798/
I was running around town today as I packed in the meetings before my trip to Japan for, among other things, the Japan People Analytics ＆ HR annual conference (peopleanalytics.or.jp/lp/), and while kissing goodbye to a normal sleep schedule I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I was running around town today as I packed in the meetings before my trip to Japan for, among other things, the Japan People Analytics ＆ HR annual conference (peopleanalytics.or.jp/lp/), and while kissing goodbye to a normal sleep schedule I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
It would be great if we didn't mangle our clocks twice a year, but at least I made use of the extra hour to listen to some books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!
Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/3)
Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/3)
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It would be great if we didn't mangle our clocks twice a year, but at least I made use of the extra hour to listen to some books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!
Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/3)
Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists here - academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/3)
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As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:
Well Ohtani only got a no decision but what a game! And before watching that nail-biter I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Well Ohtani only got a no decision but what a game! And before watching that nail-biter I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
Happy Halloween! I had a great time dressing up as one of today’s great TV/manga characters, and before doling out candy I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Halloween! I had a great time dressing up as one of today’s great TV/manga characters, and before doling out candy I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)
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I beg your pardon?
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I beg your pardon?
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Didnt realise this was out but I read an early draft and it was the best thing i've read on neurodiversity in years. It surely got a lot better by the time it was published. I'm excited to read the final version.
In We See Things They’ll Never See, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday show how neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion—and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarity.
Out now. Check out a free preview of this pathbreaking book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Out now. Check out a free preview of this pathbreaking book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Didnt realise this was out but I read an early draft and it was the best thing i've read on neurodiversity in years. It surely got a lot better by the time it was published. I'm excited to read the final version.
Remember folks that if you join an academic institution that agreed to explicitly racist policies you will be judged accordingly www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Justice Department finalizes deal with University of Virginia to pause civil rights probes
The investigations will be closed once the university completes planned reforms prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the agency said.
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember folks that if you join an academic institution that agreed to explicitly racist policies you will be judged accordingly www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Q: "Why is every tech firm so gung ho about baking their AI into every feature of their products?"
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quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Q: "Why is every tech firm so gung ho about baking their AI into every feature of their products?"
A:
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