James King
@jamesking.io
Digital product designer from London. Founder at https://science-practice.com and co-founder at https://fora.health. Contributor to the Ergodicity Economics research community. https://jamesking.io
Audiolog episode 23: Making KPop Demon Hunters, negative income tax, car parks, and game theory on University Challenge.
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-13/
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-13/
Carrying a baby through a war zone - Audiolog
Making KPop Demon Hunters, negative income tax, car parks, and game theory on University Challenge.
audiolog.jamesking.io
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Audiolog episode 23: Making KPop Demon Hunters, negative income tax, car parks, and game theory on University Challenge.
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-13/
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-13/
“Physically magnifying objects”
Even with the largest zoom on a classic compound optical system, scientists struggle to make sense of finer details. Microbiologists are turning to an unexpected source to clear things up: a moisture-absorbing material found in diapers. www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-mi...
Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World | Quanta Magazine
How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.
www.quantamagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
“Physically magnifying objects”
Audiolog #22: Map projections, prospect theory and competency in the age of AI.
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-01/
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-01/
Do you feel the competency draining out of your ears? - Audiolog
Map projections, prospect theory and competency in the age of AI.
audiolog.jamesking.io
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Audiolog #22: Map projections, prospect theory and competency in the age of AI.
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-01/
audiolog.jamesking.io/2026-02-01/
New blog post: Michael Lewis on the Acquired podcast jamesking.io/2026/01/30/micha...
Michael Lewis on the Acquired podcast | James King
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January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
New blog post: Michael Lewis on the Acquired podcast jamesking.io/2026/01/30/micha...
I chatted with @undermanager.bsky.social about his 4764 podcast earlier this week. We compared notes on what we like about short podcasts, both making them for ourselves and listening to other people's.
Is anyone else making their own? Would love to hear more. undermanager.ghost.io/short-audio/
Is anyone else making their own? Would love to hear more. undermanager.ghost.io/short-audio/
Short audio
I'm still doing Unoffice Hours, because they continue to be a delight. Yesterday's instalment was a fantastic chat about Short Podcasts with James King.
He is one of the few listeners to 4764 and mak...
undermanager.ghost.io
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I chatted with @undermanager.bsky.social about his 4764 podcast earlier this week. We compared notes on what we like about short podcasts, both making them for ourselves and listening to other people's.
Is anyone else making their own? Would love to hear more. undermanager.ghost.io/short-audio/
Is anyone else making their own? Would love to hear more. undermanager.ghost.io/short-audio/
Rediscovered the work of Loek Vugs after spotting one of his illustrations amongst Guys' visual bookmarks. loekvugs.nl/
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Rediscovered the work of Loek Vugs after spotting one of his illustrations amongst Guys' visual bookmarks. loekvugs.nl/
Those reviewer no.3 memes are real.
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Those reviewer no.3 memes are real.
This is how you write a headline in 2026.
January 10, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This is how you write a headline in 2026.
Enjoying this mix from @undermanager.bsky.social at the moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFo...
Music for the BT Tower
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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January 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Enjoying this mix from @undermanager.bsky.social at the moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFo...
New post: jamesking.io/2026/01/08/h...
Hollywood style | James King
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January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
New post: jamesking.io/2026/01/08/h...
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New book: An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics
A new textbook by SFI External Professor Ole Peters and Alexander Adamou re-examines core assumptions in economic theory. It presents a formal challenge to expected-value thinking and shows how non-ergodicity can arise naturally in economic models.
A new textbook by SFI External Professor Ole Peters and Alexander Adamou re-examines core assumptions in economic theory. It presents a formal challenge to expected-value thinking and shows how non-ergodicity can arise naturally in economic models.
New book: Introduction to Ergodicity Economics
An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics is a new textbook that draws on physics to re-examine traditional economic theory. It begins with flipping a coin. And a hypothetical gambit. Imagine you were o...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New book: An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics
A new textbook by SFI External Professor Ole Peters and Alexander Adamou re-examines core assumptions in economic theory. It presents a formal challenge to expected-value thinking and shows how non-ergodicity can arise naturally in economic models.
A new textbook by SFI External Professor Ole Peters and Alexander Adamou re-examines core assumptions in economic theory. It presents a formal challenge to expected-value thinking and shows how non-ergodicity can arise naturally in economic models.
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The story that orthodox economics is as good as a formal theory of human behavior can ever be has been holding economic theory back for a long time.
I know one formal theory that’s better than the orthodoxy.
I know one formal theory that’s better than the orthodoxy.
Richard Thaler doesn't think there is any progress to make on economic theory. jamesking.io/2025/11/10/r...
Quoting Richard Thaler | James King
jamesking.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The story that orthodox economics is as good as a formal theory of human behavior can ever be has been holding economic theory back for a long time.
I know one formal theory that’s better than the orthodoxy.
I know one formal theory that’s better than the orthodoxy.
Richard Thaler doesn't think there is any progress to make on economic theory. jamesking.io/2025/11/10/r...
Quoting Richard Thaler | James King
jamesking.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Richard Thaler doesn't think there is any progress to make on economic theory. jamesking.io/2025/11/10/r...
Episode 17 of my Audiolog podcast. Richard Thaler, Channing Tatum, Björk, Lady Gaga and Andrew Wiles. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-11-10/
It was so indescribably beautiful - Audiolog
Richard Thaler doesn't think there is any progress to make on economic theory (strong disagree!). Channing Tatum's Olympic-level effort. A conversation that never happened between Björk and Lady Gaga....
audiolog.jamesking.io
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Episode 17 of my Audiolog podcast. Richard Thaler, Channing Tatum, Björk, Lady Gaga and Andrew Wiles. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-11-10/
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I'm telling my kids this is Socrates and Plato
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRL...
The Talk: Björk & Lady Gaga
YouTube video by THE TALK
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November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I'm telling my kids this is Socrates and Plato
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRL...
Really enjoyed this two part interview with @craigmod.com on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast. He talks about being adopted, walking, making books, working at the right scale, living in Japan and lots more.
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87A...
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3dP...
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87A...
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3dP...
The Real Japan — Craig Mod
YouTube video by Tim Ferriss
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October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Really enjoyed this two part interview with @craigmod.com on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast. He talks about being adopted, walking, making books, working at the right scale, living in Japan and lots more.
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87A...
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3dP...
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87A...
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3dP...
Episode 16 of my Audiolog podcast. Craig Mod on being adopted and Japan, Alan Alda on communication, Andrej Karpathy on learning and Boards of Canada on the PDP-1. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-10-26/
Ensorcelled by mega scale - Audiolog
Craig Mod on being adopted and Japan, Alan Alda on communication, Andrej Karpathy on learning and Boards of Canada on the PDP-1.
audiolog.jamesking.io
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Episode 16 of my Audiolog podcast. Craig Mod on being adopted and Japan, Alan Alda on communication, Andrej Karpathy on learning and Boards of Canada on the PDP-1. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-10-26/
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The biologist's view of how flight works. Courtesy of Rory Maizels. #GenerativeBiology
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The biologist's view of how flight works. Courtesy of Rory Maizels. #GenerativeBiology
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Ted Chiang: "In the here and now, a philosophical question might be strictly theoretical, but in the world of a science fiction story, it could have practical consequences. That means there could be inhabitants of that world for whom the answer to that question is hugely important."
Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time.
This volume, which includes a foreword by Chiang and twenty-one short essays by philosophers, analyzes the philosophical significance of Chiang’s popular science fiction.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#PhilSky
This volume, which includes a foreword by Chiang and twenty-one short essays by philosophers, analyzes the philosophical significance of Chiang’s popular science fiction.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#PhilSky
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ted Chiang: "In the here and now, a philosophical question might be strictly theoretical, but in the world of a science fiction story, it could have practical consequences. That means there could be inhabitants of that world for whom the answer to that question is hugely important."
Love this. Switch Angel live-coding a trance track using strudel.cc. Favourite part is her narration that explains what's going on at the same time as sounding fantastic. New electronic music genre? www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)
YouTube video by Switch Angel
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October 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love this. Switch Angel live-coding a trance track using strudel.cc. Favourite part is her narration that explains what's going on at the same time as sounding fantastic. New electronic music genre? www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
Episode 15 of my Audiolog podcast. Featuring clips from Acquired, Dwarkesh, Moneystuff, Gary's Economics and Jane Goodall. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-10-11/
What message do I want to leave? - Audiolog
Acquired on Google's Jeff Dean, Nick Lane on mitochondria, Moneystuff on the AI bubble, Gary Stevenson on the problem with the Western intellectual class and Jane Goodall's final message.
audiolog.jamesking.io
October 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Episode 15 of my Audiolog podcast. Featuring clips from Acquired, Dwarkesh, Moneystuff, Gary's Economics and Jane Goodall. audiolog.jamesking.io/2025-10-11/
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A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.
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wapo.st/3WfcjeB
This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see
By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.
wapo.st
October 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.
wapo.st/3WfcjeB
wapo.st/3WfcjeB
Enjoyed this video from @tantacrul.bsky.social about the design and engineering of the new version of Audacity (open source audio software). Beautifully explained and produced. This link is to the last section, but whole video is great. youtu.be/QYM3TWf_G38?...
How We're Redesigning Audacity For The Future
YouTube video by Tantacrul
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October 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Enjoyed this video from @tantacrul.bsky.social about the design and engineering of the new version of Audacity (open source audio software). Beautifully explained and produced. This link is to the last section, but whole video is great. youtu.be/QYM3TWf_G38?...
Latest episode of Acquired is great! It’s a recent history of Google’s successes and failures on AI, but covers most of the main players like OpenAI, Anthropic and others along the way. It’s 4 hours long, like all good podcasts should be. www.acquired.fm/episodes/goo...
Google: The AI Company | Acquired Podcast
The complete podcast (and transcript!) of Google and Alphabet’s AI history and business strategy.
www.acquired.fm
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Latest episode of Acquired is great! It’s a recent history of Google’s successes and failures on AI, but covers most of the main players like OpenAI, Anthropic and others along the way. It’s 4 hours long, like all good podcasts should be. www.acquired.fm/episodes/goo...
Yesterday @aubreyclayton.bsky.social delivered a talk for the Ergodicity Economics seminar series. Aubrey shows how it is possible to derive the equations of probability without linking them to frequencies. A video of the talk is here: ergodicityeconomics.com/2025/10/01/6...
Ergodicity Economics
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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Yesterday @aubreyclayton.bsky.social delivered a talk for the Ergodicity Economics seminar series. Aubrey shows how it is possible to derive the equations of probability without linking them to frequencies. A video of the talk is here: ergodicityeconomics.com/2025/10/01/6...