We got too much dim sum! If you’d like egg custard tarts, sesame buns, or pork buns, come down to the lobby! :) #cogsci2025

Fun fact: Nora was one of the very first speakers I ever sketched, back in 2018! :)

Notes from @noranewcombe.bsky.social 's beautiful Rumelhart Prize "tasting menu" - congratulations Nora!!! #CogSci2025

And how changes in the activities and social organization of individuals affects the survival of communities:

With this dataset, we’ve been studying aspects of technological development that lie at the boundary between individuals and communities, like how individuals adapt their jobs to the communities they’re in:

Over time, communities have even built advanced technologies like cars and cameras!

OHOL is a game of “parenting and civilization building” by Jason Rohrer. Your character is born as the baby of another player whose character has reached adulthood. You are totally dependent on Mom at first, but you can give back to the community as you grow old, for up to 1hr

We've been working on a new approach to study technological development within an environment where we can observe both fine-grained individual behaviors and slow, large-scale patterns of technological change. Enter One Hour One Life!

But this dichotomy obscures the ways that communities and individuals support each other. How do individuals take advantage of the buffet of opportunities available to them in a bustling, diverse community? Why do some communities flourish while others stagnate?

The scientific consensus, of course, is that developing technologies is anything *but* a solitary activity. New technologies spring up in communities where people can learn from one another and divide labor.

Humans have built technologies to adapt to virtually every habitat on Earth. Folk tales of how these technologies come to be tell simple stories about brilliant individuals: Odin discovered the runes, Jamshid invented medicine, Edison invented the lightbulb, &c.

Preprint alert! After 4 years, I’m super excited to share work with @thecharleywu.bsky.social @gershbrain.bsky.social and Eric Schulz on the rise and fall of technological development in virtual communities in #OneHourOneLife #ohol
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What are your favorite albums to listen to start-to-finish? I'm working through a long list of data quality checks, and my usual catalogue of lofi/chillhop music to study/relax to is *too* chill and relaxing for this 😅