Joshua Cohen
@jcohen570
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Boston Review editor, Apple University faculty, UC Berkeley faculty
San Francisco
Joined August 2007
RT @henrythe9ths: There's a shocking fact about AI that nobody tells you: You can catch up to the public AI research frontier in just 2 wee….
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RT @krassenstein: If you’re a Democrat criticizing @RoKhanna over this clip, you’re contributing to the reasons we’ve faced setbacks. Stan….
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RT @dark_shark: AI Futures: Generative AI tools, released by a handful of powerful tech companies, are remaking the economy, society, and h….
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Andreas was my first philosophy teacher, in Spring 1970. He set me on a path, and I never turned back.
A revolutionary, philosopher, and devoted patriot, Andreas Eshete was among Ethiopia’s leading public intellectuals. @eisaac5, @jcohen570, Abdul Mohammed, Mulugeta Gebrehiwot, Alex de Waal, & Solomon Dersso on his life and legacy:.
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RT @BostonReview: “Four years ago, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we published an essay that changed the world.” . A message from….
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A message from our publisher and coeditor-in-chief.
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RT @BostonReview: We were saddened to learn of the passing of Daniel Dennett, who served as an advisory editor for Boston Review in the 198….
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On Philosophical Explanations.
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RT @say_cem: This is the best popular explanation of quantum field theory that I have ever read:.
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The mathematical language of particle physics.
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RT @Jacob_S_Hacker: Hope you can make this @BostonReview virtual event on the future of the Democratic Party with Paul Pierson, @LGeismer,….
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Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson discusses the latest issue of Boston Review with Lily Geismer. For decades, center-left parties in the West have been moving rig...
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Looking forward to moderating this @BostonReview event with @Jacob_S_Hacker @LGeismer and Paul Pierson
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Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson discusses the latest issue of Boston Review with Lily Geismer. For decades, center-left parties in the West have been moving rig...
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RT @Noahpinion: The First China Shock of the 2000s hollowed out our manufacturing workforce, but it benefitted multinational companies, som….
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Brace yourselves.
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RT @BRRubin: My just-published article! Please retweet and disseminate however possible. How Zionism’s dreams of liberation became entangle….
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How Zionism’s dreams of liberation became entangled with colonialism.
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I love these remarks by Bob Solow at 96 (!) : I was once in a book discussion group with Bob and his wife and served with him on the MIT Press Board. He was decent, humane, funny, warm, and . yes . brilliant guy.
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Very pleased to have this article in @BostonReview from the wonderful @DeatonAngus:
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A Nobel Prize–winning economist reflects on the dire consequences of libertarian economics.
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DO NOT MISS Evgeny's amazing podcast!.
Apropos Allende's revolution of red wine and empanadas (discussed in The Santiago Boys), here is a photo of Allende eating an empanada during the 1964 presidential campaign (image: courtesy Biblioteca Virtual Salvador Allende)
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RT @danwilliamsphil: Is misinformation a dangerous virus? Are we living through an infodemic? Is there a vaccine for misinformation? In thi….
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In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine.
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There’s one existential risk I’m certain LLMs pose and that’s to the credibility of the field of FAccT / Ethical AI if we keep pushing the snake oil narrative about them.
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Delighted to have a piece with @Arfung in this @JConstellations symposium along with such great people.
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RT @JTasioulas: “Bad treatment at the hands of others—experiencing a violation of trust—can make people worse.”. Great piece by Martha Nuss….
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Victim anger can be useful to political struggle, but it can also become excessive and obsessive, deforming the self.
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