Kevin Lee
@kwjnlee.bsky.social
Asst Prof, OBHR @UBCSauderSchool. Obsessed w/ the #human side of the #FutureOfWork (e.g., in the shadow of #AI). Recovering New Yorker.
For more, see kwjnlee.com
For more, see kwjnlee.com
An article on micro-retirements and other ways of organizing your life amid the rise of the #FutureOfWork, featuring excerpts from an interview featuring yours truly
www.bcbusiness.ca/people/lifes...
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Why more young workers are taking ‘micro retirements’ to fight corporate burnout
More British Columbians are taking a beat with a self-funded “micro retirement” early in their careers, rethinking the concept of work, hustle culture and career tracks
www.bcbusiness.ca
June 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
An article on micro-retirements and other ways of organizing your life amid the rise of the #FutureOfWork, featuring excerpts from an interview featuring yours truly
www.bcbusiness.ca/people/lifes...
www.bcbusiness.ca/people/lifes...
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Strong piece in the New Yorker re: what it means to be human in the age of AI, from a humanities prof. (Spoiler alert: it's the ineffable self, what it's like to be *you*).
IMHO this solipsistic vision still misses what's vital: the relationship *between* humans
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IMHO this solipsistic vision still misses what's vital: the relationship *between* humans
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Strong piece in the New Yorker re: what it means to be human in the age of AI, from a humanities prof. (Spoiler alert: it's the ineffable self, what it's like to be *you*).
IMHO this solipsistic vision still misses what's vital: the relationship *between* humans
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
IMHO this solipsistic vision still misses what's vital: the relationship *between* humans
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Wicked important story for those in Canada wondering how Meta’s news ban is impacting election integrity.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj2TqQHN/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj2TqQHN/
After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages has become a staple in the Facebook and Instagram feeds of Canadians in the run...
TikTok video by The New York Times
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April 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Wicked important story for those in Canada wondering how Meta’s news ban is impacting election integrity.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj2TqQHN/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj2TqQHN/
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How AI promised to make hiring better & ruined it instead:
"The answer "can’t be let’s get AI to screen people, because that is likely biased & easy to game,” Freire said. “And it can’t be let’s talk to everybody, because now instead of 50 CVs I have 1,500.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"The answer "can’t be let’s get AI to screen people, because that is likely biased & easy to game,” Freire said. “And it can’t be let’s talk to everybody, because now instead of 50 CVs I have 1,500.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Job hunting and hiring in the age of AI: Where did all the humans go?
AI tools meant to streamline hiring and simplify the job hunt are vexing recruiters and job seekers alike, leaving them longing for human connection.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How AI promised to make hiring better & ruined it instead:
"The answer "can’t be let’s get AI to screen people, because that is likely biased & easy to game,” Freire said. “And it can’t be let’s talk to everybody, because now instead of 50 CVs I have 1,500.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"The answer "can’t be let’s get AI to screen people, because that is likely biased & easy to game,” Freire said. “And it can’t be let’s talk to everybody, because now instead of 50 CVs I have 1,500.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Hi! We are now on BlueSky ♥️
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Website: omt.aom.org/home
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/aom-...
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ALT: a dog wearing sunglasses and a bandana with the words oh yeah on it
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March 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hi! We are now on BlueSky ♥️
Website: omt.aom.org/home
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/aom-...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/aom__omt/
Website: omt.aom.org/home
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/aom-...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/aom__omt/
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ASA Vice President (and member!) Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social J@jhu.edu discusses the role of data in education, educational inequality and standardized testing, AI/relationships/connection, and more in the most recent episode of the podcast Aiming for the Moon.
"Too many schools are better at counting students than seeing them." I've had a lot of interviews for #TheLastHumanJob, but this one is the only one where we also talked about the Joy Metric, or how teens can emerge with the most powerful tool for adulthood: knowing who they are
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Connective Labor - What Machines Can't Replace in Our Disconnected World: Prof. Allison Pugh (Author of "The Last Human Job" | Prof. of Sociology @ Johns Hopkins University)(Ep. 127) — aimingforthemo...
Prof. Allison Pugh As we enter a world of artificial intelligence, the question of what should be automated looms before us. Models need clear, objective metrics to train on. But, can jobs really be...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
ASA Vice President (and member!) Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social J@jhu.edu discusses the role of data in education, educational inequality and standardized testing, AI/relationships/connection, and more in the most recent episode of the podcast Aiming for the Moon.
"Tech executives warned lawmakers that generative AI ... had the potential to disrupt national security and elections, and could eventually eliminate millions of jobs ... But since President Trump’s election, tech leaders and their companies have changed their tune"
Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules
After the president made A.I. dominance a top priority, tech companies changed course from a meeker approach under the Biden administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Tech executives warned lawmakers that generative AI ... had the potential to disrupt national security and elections, and could eventually eliminate millions of jobs ... But since President Trump’s election, tech leaders and their companies have changed their tune"
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Listen to the latest episode of the ASA Altruism Morality & Social Solidarity Section's Moral Matters podcast, featuring a conversation w/ ASA member Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social on her book, Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World.
Speaking of Solidarity with Michèle Lamont
Moral Matters: Conversations with Sociologists on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity · Episode
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March 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the ASA Altruism Morality & Social Solidarity Section's Moral Matters podcast, featuring a conversation w/ ASA member Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social on her book, Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World.
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Hello world! We at the AJS are pleased to have our bluesky account all systems go! We’ll be announcing our issues, accepted papers, and other relevant happenings. Watch this space for more.
March 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hello world! We at the AJS are pleased to have our bluesky account all systems go! We’ll be announcing our issues, accepted papers, and other relevant happenings. Watch this space for more.
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🌟 Fresh Insights from Organization Science! 🌟
🥁 New Paper Report: Four newly accepted papers!
📝 Editorial Thoughts: Andrew Nelson offers a must-read column on what quant researchers should know about qual research.
Read more 👉 orgsci.substack.com/p/springtime...
🥁 New Paper Report: Four newly accepted papers!
📝 Editorial Thoughts: Andrew Nelson offers a must-read column on what quant researchers should know about qual research.
Read more 👉 orgsci.substack.com/p/springtime...
Springtime Papers and a Guest Column on Qualitative Research
Deputy Editor (and alpaca expert) Andrew Nelson explains qual for quants
orgsci.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
🌟 Fresh Insights from Organization Science! 🌟
🥁 New Paper Report: Four newly accepted papers!
📝 Editorial Thoughts: Andrew Nelson offers a must-read column on what quant researchers should know about qual research.
Read more 👉 orgsci.substack.com/p/springtime...
🥁 New Paper Report: Four newly accepted papers!
📝 Editorial Thoughts: Andrew Nelson offers a must-read column on what quant researchers should know about qual research.
Read more 👉 orgsci.substack.com/p/springtime...
"Going mostly by summary and assumption, students ... see the Cartesian grid, the lines on a map that chart the ocean, but they 'don’t see the waves' ... They see 'the metrics that can be measured rather than the reality that those metrics are simply trying to approximate.'" @nytimes.com
Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.
Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Going mostly by summary and assumption, students ... see the Cartesian grid, the lines on a map that chart the ocean, but they 'don’t see the waves' ... They see 'the metrics that can be measured rather than the reality that those metrics are simply trying to approximate.'" @nytimes.com
"The purpose of AI is not scale or efficiency. The purpose of AI is people."
At the Paris AI Action Summit, Dr. Alondra Nelson was an invited speaker at a private dinner at the Elysée Palace hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. Here are her remarks on “three fundamental misconceptions in the way we think about artificial intelligence.”
Three Fallacies: Alondra Nelson's Remarks at the Elysée Palace on the Occasion of the AI Action Summit | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Nelson was an invited speaker at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l'Élysée on February 10, 2025.
www.techpolicy.press
February 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"The purpose of AI is not scale or efficiency. The purpose of AI is people."
I, alongside many others, am taking the time to mourn #MichaelBurawoy today. What a profound loss for sociology and the world
The sudden and tragic loss of Michael Burawoy is devastating beyond words. A peerless scholar, mentor, teacher, activist, and friend, with a wry wit and an enormous heart. The only consolation is that he brought so many of us together, an extended family of kin who strive to carry on his legacy.
February 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I, alongside many others, am taking the time to mourn #MichaelBurawoy today. What a profound loss for sociology and the world