@lrepetto.bsky.social, Davide Cipullo, Edward Pinchbeck, & @jbietenbeck.bsky.social show that communities that lost many young men in WWI experienced persistent declines in subsequent innovation, especially in frontier technologies. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/war-and-lost-ge… #EconSky
Mar 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM
War and the lost generation of inventors
Large wars destroy not only lives and infrastructure but also the human capital that fuels long-term economic progress. This column presents new evidence from Britain that shows that communities that lost many young men in World War I experienced persistent declines in subsequent innovation. The losses were particularly detrimental for frontier technologies and breakthrough inventions, highlighting how war can leave long-lasting scars on a country’s capacity to generate new ideas.
After Eurosky: W Social connects social network for Europe to Bluesky technology
Bluesky's AT protocol forms the basis for an increasing number of social services. Now W Social aims to establish a European network for verified users.
The year social networks were no longer social | TechCrunch
The term “social network” has become a meaningless association of words. Pair those two words and it becomes a tech category, the equivalent of a single
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.
GreenEarth Social | Jonathan Stray | Substack
Open-source AI-driven Social Media Feeds for Everyone. Click to read GreenEarth Social, by Jonathan Stray, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Reclaiming Social Spaces: Are Open Source Platforms a Path for More Human Connection?
What if social media platforms were built to serve their communities, not billionaires? Join us with the founders of Blacksky as we explore the potential of open source social media.
Semble (@semble.so)
Social knowledge network for your research trails by @cosmik.network 🌐 https://semble.so/
W Social: Kurznachrichtendienst für per Ausweis verifizierte User vor Öffnung
Blueskys AT-Protokoll bietet die Basis für immer mehr soziale Dienste. Nun schickt sich W Social an, ein europäisches Netz für verifizierte User zu etablieren.
Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals they have been sending
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals they have been sending
Interesting paper by @rutgerclaassen.bsky.social about the genealogy of the corporation H/t @the-syllabus.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14748851261463198
The corporation—a return to origins? - Rutger Claassen, 2026
journals.sagepub.comRemarkable how over a decade ago @michaelnielsen.bsky.social pointed the way towards solving long standing issues plaguing science to this day (issues that are all the more relevant in the age of AI mediated science)
Ronen Tamari
This is why @atproto.science is so relevant rn This compilation of essays indicates that scientists are most frustrated by insufficient “community tools and resources... Essential infrastructure for sharing, maintaining and building on existing work and data is also badly underdeveloped." >
Many builders in the Open Social Web are discouraged by the lack of funding in the ecosystem, slow pace of feature development (e.g. private accounts), and “low” adoption relative to incumbents like Meta. In my keynote I emphasized multi-generational struggle & movement building. People who faced…
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