Glenn Fox
@glennrfox.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and Entrepreneurship professor at USC. Minds, machines, making things.
Great read, highly recommended.
my first big story for WIRED is about the inconceivable, uncomputable complexity of the simplest organisms on Earth 🪱
One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great read, highly recommended.
I worked with Pete for a few years in my last job and really love the guy. I think this could be a great move for them and will be super interesting whatever happens!
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I worked with Pete for a few years in my last job and really love the guy. I think this could be a great move for them and will be super interesting whatever happens!
Great read!
Link to paper nature.com/articles/s43...
This is part of the high-throughput proteomics revolution with #AI analytics that is yielding new insights about the aging process, organ clocks, and much more
I wrote about it @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is part of the high-throughput proteomics revolution with #AI analytics that is yielding new insights about the aging process, organ clocks, and much more
I wrote about it @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plasma proteomics identify biomarkers and undulating changes of brain aging - Nature Aging
Using proteomics and imaging data from UK Biobank, the authors identified multiple circulating proteins associated with brain aging and discovered undulating age-related changes in the plasma proteome...
nature.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Great read!
Reposted by Glenn Fox
Gratitude is pretty much undefeated. Super fun to chat with Sam as she prepared this article on gratitude and loneliness. Spoiler: focusing on gratitude can help us cope with tough times, including loneliness, but it takes practice and effort.
November 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Gratitude is pretty much undefeated. Super fun to chat with Sam as she prepared this article on gratitude and loneliness. Spoiler: focusing on gratitude can help us cope with tough times, including loneliness, but it takes practice and effort.
New paper published Friday!!
Gratitude has many benefits but relatively little is known about what makes us grateful and how gratitude is felt alongside other emotions. My new paper builds a model for studying and predicting gratitude — called Gift-Space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gratitude has many benefits but relatively little is known about what makes us grateful and how gratitude is felt alongside other emotions. My new paper builds a model for studying and predicting gratitude — called Gift-Space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A grateful space: understanding a range of gratitude experiences
Gratitude is a central topic in positive psychology due to its association with life satisfaction, well-being, and optimism. Though the aftereffects of gratitude have been carefully examined, schol...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:52 PM
New paper published Friday!!
Gratitude has many benefits but relatively little is known about what makes us grateful and how gratitude is felt alongside other emotions. My new paper builds a model for studying and predicting gratitude — called Gift-Space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gratitude has many benefits but relatively little is known about what makes us grateful and how gratitude is felt alongside other emotions. My new paper builds a model for studying and predicting gratitude — called Gift-Space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Amazing!! Some great folks to follow if you haven’t, and stoked to meet new neuro people on here. I’ve learned a ton on the ‘sky since joining. (What a difference from the hellsite where the only notifications come from bots and spam)
November 21, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Amazing!! Some great folks to follow if you haven’t, and stoked to meet new neuro people on here. I’ve learned a ton on the ‘sky since joining. (What a difference from the hellsite where the only notifications come from bots and spam)
Out of defiance I will only be submitting four letter words to wordle.
November 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Out of defiance I will only be submitting four letter words to wordle.
Majorly celebrating that I just had a paper accepted after sitting on it for ten freaking years. Literally ONE round of very useful and addressable revisions and it’s in one of my favorite journals no less. So stoked!!!
October 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Majorly celebrating that I just had a paper accepted after sitting on it for ten freaking years. Literally ONE round of very useful and addressable revisions and it’s in one of my favorite journals no less. So stoked!!!
Good! I have a Muse EEG headset (it is mediocre) and I’m glad to see the data from it will be protected even a little bit.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/04/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/04/1...
A new law in California protects consumers’ brain data. Some think it doesn’t go far enough.
Tech companies collect brain data that could be used to infer our thoughts—so it’s vital we get legal protections right.
www.technologyreview.com
October 4, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Good! I have a Muse EEG headset (it is mediocre) and I’m glad to see the data from it will be protected even a little bit.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/04/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/04/1...
Reposted by Glenn Fox
The introduction of Universal Pre-K in various states and cities was linked to an increase in business applications and the overall number of business establishments.
(also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)
(also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)
September 27, 2024 at 11:35 PM
The introduction of Universal Pre-K in various states and cities was linked to an increase in business applications and the overall number of business establishments.
(also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)
(also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)
Reposted by Glenn Fox
Probably the world’s slowest mountain biker but was worth it for the view of downtown on a perfect 75 degree day! (Also just following the trend of posting whatever to bluesky to keep the momentum going!)
September 18, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Probably the world’s slowest mountain biker but was worth it for the view of downtown on a perfect 75 degree day! (Also just following the trend of posting whatever to bluesky to keep the momentum going!)
Not fun thought: in all likelihood this is the coolest summer we’ll experience from here forward.
September 7, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Not fun thought: in all likelihood this is the coolest summer we’ll experience from here forward.
“extant literature”
People sometimes ask whether academic writing should be accessible to the general public. Academic writing should not even be accessible to other academics. If you can follow the thread of my argument, I have failed as an academic writer
September 5, 2024 at 3:15 PM
“extant literature”
“Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”
In Italy, TikTok vs. reality pits a cliffside paradise against endless climbs, bus lines and traffic jams.
“People treat the Amalfi Coast like a theme park. I don’t know how much longer it can go on like this,” said Lara Capraro, a Positano local.
“People treat the Amalfi Coast like a theme park. I don’t know how much longer it can go on like this,” said Lara Capraro, a Positano local.
Influencers hyped the Amalfi Coast for years. Now it’s a ‘theme park.’
Italy’s Amalfi Coast looks like a cliffside paradise on TikTok and Instagram. And it is — but with endless stairs, long bus lines and impatient tourists.
wapo.st
August 31, 2024 at 3:03 PM
“Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”
This account Does. Not. Miss.
Resurrection, by Dieric Bouts, 1455, 📸 by @aytcunal
August 9, 2024 at 1:14 PM
This account Does. Not. Miss.
One thing I’m seeing is a precipitous drop in my students using ChatGPT. I openly tell them to try it out but they are kind of over it. Without another, I dont know, ENTIRE CORPUS OF HUMAN THOUGHT, I don’t see LLMs making the leap they’re supposed to to finally be useful.
Ed’s blog is great, fyi.
Ed’s blog is great, fyi.
Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it's time that everybody follows suit - generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America's power grid, and is most decidedly not the future.
www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
Pop Culture
A week and a half ago, Goldman Sachs put out a 31-page-report (titled "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?”) that includes some of the most damning literature on generative AI I've ever seen. ...
www.wheresyoured.at
July 9, 2024 at 1:57 PM
One thing I’m seeing is a precipitous drop in my students using ChatGPT. I openly tell them to try it out but they are kind of over it. Without another, I dont know, ENTIRE CORPUS OF HUMAN THOUGHT, I don’t see LLMs making the leap they’re supposed to to finally be useful.
Ed’s blog is great, fyi.
Ed’s blog is great, fyi.
Today I learned!!
If you don’t see them, you hear them. On any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly.
The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America
Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers to Roman candles have long been a staple of celebrations in the U.S. and beyond, helping to mark national holidays, sporting events and more.
www.npr.org
July 4, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Today I learned!!
Incredible story of an inventor doing life saving work. Great read!
Thinking about Garrett Morgan, whose inventions saved so many lives. If you’ve never been in a traffic accident, thank him.
Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights
In 1916 he strapped on his “safety hood” and dragged rescuers to safety, but racism prevented him from being hailed as a hero
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Incredible story of an inventor doing life saving work. Great read!
As an LA resident I’m legally required to say “Earthquake!” On all social media channels.
February 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
As an LA resident I’m legally required to say “Earthquake!” On all social media channels.
It me! Btw those forums are still the main place to for most things we search for on the inter web.
I think before we get too caught up in what Bluesky should or shouldn’t be we should soberly acknowledge what it is: a retirement home for 2000s forum millennials
February 9, 2024 at 5:37 PM
It me! Btw those forums are still the main place to for most things we search for on the inter web.
Great article as usual from Jay!
Beyond the Doom and Gloom, Here’s How to Stimulate Climate Action
I have a new piece in Scientific American with Madalina Vlasceanu explaining why doomerism might be a bad strategy for fighting climate change: www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
I have a new piece in Scientific American with Madalina Vlasceanu explaining why doomerism might be a bad strategy for fighting climate change: www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
February 8, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Great article as usual from Jay!
Actually a great article that pours cold water on digital mental health tools now, but notes the potential and need for them. What’s crazier though is the data side of how vulnerable/monetizable anyone’s mental health data is on these platforms.
“Psychiatry experts agree that while the past decade has seen a vast proliferation of new mood-boosting tools, trackers and self-help apps, there has been little in the way of hard evidence to show that any of them actually help.”
‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under s...
As experts worry over privacy issues, ineffectiveness and even harm, the UK is looking at whether the plethora of digital mental health tools need regulating
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Actually a great article that pours cold water on digital mental health tools now, but notes the potential and need for them. What’s crazier though is the data side of how vulnerable/monetizable anyone’s mental health data is on these platforms.
Twardowski Conjuring the Spirit of Barbara for Sigismund Augustus, by Jan Matejko, 1884, 📸 by Christopher Mora
February 3, 2024 at 9:55 PM