JohnBoik
@johnboik.bsky.social
PhD research fellow at Active Inference Institute, data science, cognitive science, probabilistic models, Julia, Montana regenerative hobby farmer, author of Economic Direct Democracy: A Framework to End Poverty and Maximize Well-Being. #wellbeingeconomy
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JohnBoik
@johnboik.bsky.social
· Nov 15
CogNarr (Cognitive Narrative) Ecosystem: Facilitating Group Cognition at Scale · AII
An ongoing Active Inference Institute project facilitated by John Boik, PhD
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Hello BlueSky! My introduction. Say hello if we have similar research interests. coda.io/@active-infe...
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Every billionaire is a failure of tax policy
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Indeed
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A MUST READ ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Have Descended into Utter Madness
A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A MUST READ ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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New livestream, #Dyad Modeling Live! In this stream we built up a thermal model of a room using #AgenticAI and added a heat pump with different control strategies and analyzed the power efficiency. Join the fun live next week! #julialang #sciml
youtube.com/live/I542x6g...
youtube.com/live/I542x6g...
Dyad Modeling Live: Creating a Thermal Model of a Room using Agentic AI
YouTube video by JuliaHub
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November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New livestream, #Dyad Modeling Live! In this stream we built up a thermal model of a room using #AgenticAI and added a heat pump with different control strategies and analyzed the power efficiency. Join the fun live next week! #julialang #sciml
youtube.com/live/I542x6g...
youtube.com/live/I542x6g...
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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Tax The Wealthy!!!
The media is reporting that a billionaire tax is a terrible idea. The media is owned by billionaires. I wonder if there's a connection...
The media is reporting that a billionaire tax is a terrible idea. The media is owned by billionaires. I wonder if there's a connection...
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Tax The Wealthy!!!
The media is reporting that a billionaire tax is a terrible idea. The media is owned by billionaires. I wonder if there's a connection...
The media is reporting that a billionaire tax is a terrible idea. The media is owned by billionaires. I wonder if there's a connection...
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People started understanding the economy is rigged, resulting in terrible, destructive inequality.
People understand what has been happening. Polls started showing large majorities for taxing the rich & corporations, and for regulating banks & corps, and other things.
So along came fascism
People understand what has been happening. Polls started showing large majorities for taxing the rich & corporations, and for regulating banks & corps, and other things.
So along came fascism
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
People started understanding the economy is rigged, resulting in terrible, destructive inequality.
People understand what has been happening. Polls started showing large majorities for taxing the rich & corporations, and for regulating banks & corps, and other things.
So along came fascism
People understand what has been happening. Polls started showing large majorities for taxing the rich & corporations, and for regulating banks & corps, and other things.
So along came fascism
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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What a bunch of shit. These same democrats have no issues with socialism for Wall St and Billionaires. They only have a problem with socialism when it's used for the lower class. Every single one of these Democrats is worthless to the cause. #ClassWarfare #BillionaireWelfare #ControlledOpposition
And these 86 Democrats voted with Republicans ahead of Mamdani’s visit
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What a bunch of shit. These same democrats have no issues with socialism for Wall St and Billionaires. They only have a problem with socialism when it's used for the lower class. Every single one of these Democrats is worthless to the cause. #ClassWarfare #BillionaireWelfare #ControlledOpposition
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ENOUGH!!!
Universal Healthcare NOW!!!
Universal Healthcare NOW!!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ENOUGH!!!
Universal Healthcare NOW!!!
Universal Healthcare NOW!!!
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Simulation-based inference has really become a commonly used tool for parameter inference across many fields and applications. We (finally...) got together to write a tutorial introduction and guide to (hopefully) help users get started and navigate the different methods and diagnostics!
Simulation-based inference (SBI) has transformed parameter inference across a wide range of domains. To help practitioners get started and make the most of these methods, we joined forces with researchers from many institutions and wrote a practical guide to SBI.
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.12939
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.12939
Simulation-Based Inference: A Practical Guide
A central challenge in many areas of science and engineering is to identify model parameters that are consistent with prior knowledge and empirical data. Bayesian inference offers a principled framewo...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Simulation-based inference has really become a commonly used tool for parameter inference across many fields and applications. We (finally...) got together to write a tutorial introduction and guide to (hopefully) help users get started and navigate the different methods and diagnostics!
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The billionaires are hoarding the wealth and squeezing governments in the process (forcing them to squeeze the rest of us). And governments are letting them do this.
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The billionaires are hoarding the wealth and squeezing governments in the process (forcing them to squeeze the rest of us). And governments are letting them do this.
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Simply put, capitalism has reached a point where such abusive things are necessary to continue the project that it rewards individuals willing to hurt anyone and do anything, creating a toxic feedback loop where the worst people are continually given the most wealth and power.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Simply put, capitalism has reached a point where such abusive things are necessary to continue the project that it rewards individuals willing to hurt anyone and do anything, creating a toxic feedback loop where the worst people are continually given the most wealth and power.
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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"The surging fortunes of the far right are intimately tied to a racist & authoritarian politics that blames immigrants for environmental degradation & will only intensify when climate catastrophe can no longer be denied." @alfatau.bsky.social talks with the authors of The Long Heat @inthesetimes.com
The Overshoot Presidency and the State of Climate Politics
Scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on how tech fixes to the climate crisis delay the confrontation with fossil capital.
inthesetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"The surging fortunes of the far right are intimately tied to a racist & authoritarian politics that blames immigrants for environmental degradation & will only intensify when climate catastrophe can no longer be denied." @alfatau.bsky.social talks with the authors of The Long Heat @inthesetimes.com
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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
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We need to wake up to the fact that the billionaire class are not geniuses, and that this extreme wealth in the hands of so few is becoming an existential threat.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We need to wake up to the fact that the billionaire class are not geniuses, and that this extreme wealth in the hands of so few is becoming an existential threat.
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The neoliberal countries are under tremendous stress because the "market economics" experiment produced terrible inequality. These countries refuse to tax the rich. So cost of living increases while public services & healthcare etc decline.
Politicians point to immigrants and other scapegoats.
Politicians point to immigrants and other scapegoats.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The neoliberal countries are under tremendous stress because the "market economics" experiment produced terrible inequality. These countries refuse to tax the rich. So cost of living increases while public services & healthcare etc decline.
Politicians point to immigrants and other scapegoats.
Politicians point to immigrants and other scapegoats.
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The Active Inference Institute 2025 Symposium is now happening! Please check our our panel discussion on Friday, 6 PM UTC: coda.io/d/_d08cdDbWw... Story Graphs: An Exploration of Use Cases In and Beyond CogNarr. To learn more: coda.io/@active-infe...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Active Inference Institute 2025 Symposium is now happening! Please check our our panel discussion on Friday, 6 PM UTC: coda.io/d/_d08cdDbWw... Story Graphs: An Exploration of Use Cases In and Beyond CogNarr. To learn more: coda.io/@active-infe...
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Democrats can get me to donate to their campaigns when they agree that "what needs to come after Trump" should exceed the New Deal and Reconstruction.
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Democrats can get me to donate to their campaigns when they agree that "what needs to come after Trump" should exceed the New Deal and Reconstruction.
The Active Inference Institute 2025 Symposium is now happening! Please check our our panel discussion on Friday, 6 PM UTC: coda.io/d/_d08cdDbWw... Story Graphs: An Exploration of Use Cases In and Beyond CogNarr. To learn more: coda.io/@active-infe...
coda.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Active Inference Institute 2025 Symposium is now happening! Please check our our panel discussion on Friday, 6 PM UTC: coda.io/d/_d08cdDbWw... Story Graphs: An Exploration of Use Cases In and Beyond CogNarr. To learn more: coda.io/@active-infe...
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If you weren't aware and are interested in active inference and predictive processing, check out the Active Inference Symposium @actinfinstitute.bsky.social (just started).
It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...
It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you weren't aware and are interested in active inference and predictive processing, check out the Active Inference Symposium @actinfinstitute.bsky.social (just started).
It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...
It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...
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Like I fucking said.
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Like I fucking said.
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Check out the latest #Julialang Dispatch Podcast! This episode goes over the changes to the Julia language, its standard libraries, and the main changes in the package ecosystem (#sciml, JuMP, etc.) that occurred over the summer. Most posts coming soon as well!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_W...
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This Month in Julia World - August 2025 | JuliaCon Recap & Community Updates
YouTube video by Julia Dispatch
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November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Check out the latest #Julialang Dispatch Podcast! This episode goes over the changes to the Julia language, its standard libraries, and the main changes in the package ecosystem (#sciml, JuMP, etc.) that occurred over the summer. Most posts coming soon as well!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_W...
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Best Halloween song of the season
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Best Halloween song of the season