Jonathan Stein
@j_stein7
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Writer | Journalist. Views are my own, sadly
London, England
Joined January 2025
“It is not a historical accident that the mentor of Alexander the Great was Aristotle” This is from a conversation with @ChessScholar about the distinction between games and gamification, the latter of which has been spreading everywhere for a while: https://t.co/WS05rN6hs5
digitalfrontier.com
Gamification is everywhere, but overlooks the true benefits of games themselves
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Today, we’re launching SPEAK. Every year, thousands of people in the UK are arrested for what they say online. We’re going to change that. 🎥
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If you’re wealthy and thinking about leaving the UK, you may want to think twice. You could stay and hang out with Liz Truss https://t.co/nIehdmT9rV
bloomberg.com
This week, a selection of billionaires, diplomats and royalty will see a black lacquered box land on their desks. When opened, a tablet embedded in the lid plays a video from none other than Liz...
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We need more people willing to call out BS even when it's against their best interest, why do comedians seem to be the only ones willing to do this
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
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A world in which #HouseMD doesn't make sense anymore AI models can predict difficult medical diagnoses better than humans: https://t.co/HciAcoPqM6
arxiv.org
Artificial intelligence holds great promise for expanding access to expert medical knowledge and reasoning. However, most evaluations of language models rely on static vignettes and...
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Will a bet on the success of Akiva Schaffer’s reboot of #NakedGun affect how much you laugh at it? On prediction markets, gambling, and the attention economy: https://t.co/IpYQe170NW
digitalfrontier.com
How prediction and speculation became the answer to engagement in an attention economy
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My latest article, in which I implore you to please be nice to the machines
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If you want to understand how the UK is really changing, not just the headlines, but the systems, fixes and people behind them, you need UK 2.0 in your inbox. @alys_key reports on what matters before it matters every week 🇬🇧 Subscribe here: https://t.co/jgwZ3gCqbE
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(This was an exercise in talking into the void, as the X algorithm will suppress all this Substack talk)
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I'll be writing more about this soon, but for now here are some inaugural thoughts: https://t.co/jiuxa0S7bV
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With individuals, mostly without editors and attachments to institutions, the "best" is now decentralised. The societal hierarchy (at least in the literary world) is fading away.
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One of the more precise definitions of culture is from the theorist Matthew Arnold, who wrote that it is “the best which has been thought and said in the world”.
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Substack appears to be relying on the wisdom of crowds to determine what content gets the most attention. But since the algorithm seems to change every now and then, how are we sure the most popular content is the best?
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Writing about prediction markets can be very distracting as I now want to place a wager on every single Polymarket trade. What's the craziest thing you have bet on?
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A reflection on the true aim of Substack and how it functions to uncover the best writing on the platform
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No big deal just @ameliakisaacs rocking the stage at @thenextweb with Matej Pfajfar (CTO @monzo), Natasha Govender-Ropert (Head of AI @Rabobank) and Pernilla Sjöholm (@idfier_). AI, fraud and the future of money 🕵️♀️💸
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One of the more precise definitions of culture is from the theorist Matthew Arnold, who wrote that it is “the best which has been thought and said in the world”. Does Substack rely on the “wisdom of crowds” to determine what is best? https://t.co/0k6vLLTgFy
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