Shane O'Mara
@shanewriter.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, psychologist, writer; Prof Exp Brain Res, Trinity College Dublin; newsletter @ www.brainpizza.com; New book: Talking Heads @ www.shaneomarawriter.com
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who said this in conversation about useless ai integrations polluting everything?
"The "shake out" is going to be hilarious because it will reveal that these tools were built for a user that doesn't exist: the person who wants to be an expert without doing the work."
"The "shake out" is going to be hilarious because it will reveal that these tools were built for a user that doesn't exist: the person who wants to be an expert without doing the work."
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
who said this in conversation about useless ai integrations polluting everything?
"The "shake out" is going to be hilarious because it will reveal that these tools were built for a user that doesn't exist: the person who wants to be an expert without doing the work."
"The "shake out" is going to be hilarious because it will reveal that these tools were built for a user that doesn't exist: the person who wants to be an expert without doing the work."
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A growing body of evidence identifies political polarization as a risk factor adversely shaping public health outcomes. Our new paper explains how this relationship can be understood through theories of group processes and behavioral decision-making.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
A growing body of evidence identifies political polarization as a risk factor adversely shaping public health outcomes. Our new paper explains how this relationship can be understood through theories of group processes and behavioral decision-making.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Latest post- have a read 📚 😀
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds (latest post) -
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds
Why the Alliance Can’t Run on Courage—and What Cognitive Repair Looks Like Part One – the Cognitive Republic response to the past week What a week. I joked to a friend…
steady.page
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Latest post- have a read 📚 😀
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Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds (latest post) -
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds
Why the Alliance Can’t Run on Courage—and What Cognitive Repair Looks Like Part One – the Cognitive Republic response to the past week What a week. I joked to a friend…
steady.page
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds (latest post) -
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds (latest post) -
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds
Why the Alliance Can’t Run on Courage—and What Cognitive Repair Looks Like Part One – the Cognitive Republic response to the past week What a week. I joked to a friend…
steady.page
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Trump at Davos: How Democracies Lose - and Recover - Their Minds (latest post) -
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
What Cognitive Repair Looks Like.
steady.page/en/cognitive...
There is a way forward. There is no way back.
#trump #cognitiverepublic #politics #davos #democracy #nato #atlanticalliance #europe #eu
Lesson here...
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Lesson here...
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NEW
Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
NEW
Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer’s — this protein helps explain why
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
biology is bizarre and amazing
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
biology is bizarre and amazing
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer’s — this protein helps explain why
A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice.
www.nature.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer’s — this protein helps explain why
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
biology is bizarre and amazing
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
biology is bizarre and amazing
Yes. Amazing stuff.
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Yes. Amazing stuff.
Bad thought: will Carney's speech give a fillup to the CANZUK freaks?
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Bad thought: will Carney's speech give a fillup to the CANZUK freaks?
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Thanks Donald, Europe will take it from here ft.trib.al/KkWQzfg | opinion
Thanks Donald, Europe will take it from here
The continent must strive to disentangle itself from the US
ft.trib.al
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Thanks Donald, Europe will take it from here ft.trib.al/KkWQzfg | opinion
Writing is thinking
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Writing is thinking
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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What a fantastic idea
Latest Cognitive Republic post is up: What if our societies were (deliberately) built to learn? (part one)
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
What if our societies were (deliberately) built to learn? (part one)
(21 Jan 2026; 1851 words) My thinking about the Cognitive Republic - that to survive and prosper, liberal democracies must reinvent themselves as learning systems, ones…
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
What a fantastic idea
Piece I did last year on leaderless unity - we're slowly seeing it emerge now:
the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge - can a political community thrive, remain legitimate. and act decisively without a singular leader? yes is this answer www.brainpizza.com/p/the-puzzle...
the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge - can a political community thrive, remain legitimate. and act decisively without a singular leader? yes is this answer www.brainpizza.com/p/the-puzzle...
the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge
distributed cognition and aircraft carriers 🛬🚢
www.brainpizza.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Piece I did last year on leaderless unity - we're slowly seeing it emerge now:
the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge - can a political community thrive, remain legitimate. and act decisively without a singular leader? yes is this answer www.brainpizza.com/p/the-puzzle...
the puzzle of authority when no one is really in charge - can a political community thrive, remain legitimate. and act decisively without a singular leader? yes is this answer www.brainpizza.com/p/the-puzzle...
Latest Cognitive Republic post is up: What if our societies were (deliberately) built to learn? (part one)
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
What if our societies were (deliberately) built to learn? (part one)
(21 Jan 2026; 1851 words) My thinking about the Cognitive Republic - that to survive and prosper, liberal democracies must reinvent themselves as learning systems, ones…
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Latest Cognitive Republic post is up: What if our societies were (deliberately) built to learn? (part one)
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognitiverepublic #politics #democracy #learning #experimentingsociety
I think the lessons of this book are due a revival:
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, James C Scott
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons...
also see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyda...
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, James C Scott
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons...
also see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyda...
Weapons of the Weak - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I think the lessons of this book are due a revival:
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, James C Scott
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons...
also see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyda...
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, James C Scott
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons...
also see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyda...
No more Ozempic for you, then!
EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live
Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
No more Ozempic for you, then!
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
"A decade or so ago, Europeans who cherished their nation’s peculiarities could still tell themselves that Brussels was the chief threat to them. Now, there are scarier things than regulatory standardisation." www.ft.com/content/6dc7...
The right will want a United States of Europe
Conservatives will come to see a unified continent as the only defence against America and China
www.ft.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
"A decade or so ago, Europeans who cherished their nation’s peculiarities could still tell themselves that Brussels was the chief threat to them. Now, there are scarier things than regulatory standardisation." www.ft.com/content/6dc7...
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The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
Latest post: Beyond Magic Bullets: Alzheimer’s disease and treatment
www.brainpizza.com/p/beyond-mag...
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy.
Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's vaccine!
Read on...
#Alzheimers #GLP-1 #vaccine
www.brainpizza.com/p/beyond-mag...
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy.
Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's vaccine!
Read on...
#Alzheimers #GLP-1 #vaccine
Beyond Magic Bullets: Alzheimer’s Needs the Right Cocktail and Timing
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy. Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's vaccine! Read on...
www.brainpizza.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Latest post: Beyond Magic Bullets: Alzheimer’s disease and treatment
www.brainpizza.com/p/beyond-mag...
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy.
Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's vaccine!
Read on...
#Alzheimers #GLP-1 #vaccine
www.brainpizza.com/p/beyond-mag...
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy.
Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's vaccine!
Read on...
#Alzheimers #GLP-1 #vaccine
Whoops. The lack of war in WE over the past 80 years can be read as an interruption to WE's longest standing traditions over the past 3k yrs: religions and warfare.
Now Malcolm Nance is also highlighting the harm to USA of an invasion of Greenland:
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Whoops. The lack of war in WE over the past 80 years can be read as an interruption to WE's longest standing traditions over the past 3k yrs: religions and warfare.
Abundance (Klein & Thompson) reviewed: a conventional success; but really a disappointment that does not deliver on its promises
steady.page/en/cognitive...
steady.page/en/cognitive...
Abundance (Klein & Thompson) reviewed: a conventional success; but…
Abundance: How We Build a Better Future by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson (Profile Books, 2025; paperback). Read, December 2025. Headline reaction: a deeply disappointing…
steady.page
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Abundance (Klein & Thompson) reviewed: a conventional success; but really a disappointment that does not deliver on its promises
steady.page/en/cognitive...
steady.page/en/cognitive...
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New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland
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January 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland
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