Thursday's Child Has Far to Go
Jonathan Haidt’s Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers
Jonathan Haidt’s incredibly well-timed decision to surf on the wave of a moral panic about kids and social media has made him a false hero for many parents and educators. In my review, I noted that…
Childhood and Education #20: Phones and Screens
We have a respite, so I thought I’d tackle various thoughts on children, phones and screens.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
A book that redefines both family and narrative for the…
Arvind Narayanan on Twitter / X
This week I had the honor of speaking to Princeton’s entire incoming undergraduate class to address their AI anxieties. I had three messages for them — good news, bad news, and a note of optimism. Here’s a condensed version.The good newsWe have enough evidence now to conclude…— Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) August 27, 2026
Daughter's Keeper — Oakland Public Library
Daughter's Keeper — Waldman, Ayelet — When Olivia falls victim to the maelstrom surrounding the war on drugs, she and her self-sufficient mother, Elaine, find themselves embroiled in a courtroom drama. 50,000 first printing.
Stephen on Twitter / X
My experience is that once a journal publishes a paper the editors develop an almost parental attachment to it and will defend it to the death.— Stephen (@Stephen50000766) July 25, 2024
A Compilation of Students Booing AI Graduation Speeches
Academia: What Was "Digital Literacy"?
Short Shelf Lives Make For Bad Curricular Planning
What Children Can Do and AI Can't
Psychologist Alison Gopnik tells three stories about intelligence — a golem, a pot of stone soup, and a digital child — to explain what AI still can't do.
Just a professor standing in front of BlueSky demoralized because exams my students used to get a mean of 83% on prior to 2020 are now failed in large numbers. It seems that their ability to APPLY concepts to new contexts/domains has all but disappeared. I love these students & I am worried.
Groundings from @rude1.blacksky.team in #AtmosphereConf - on the importance of leaving the campus and going to where the people are - real knowledge is sitting down together to reason preach brother!
