So excited for @gabestein.com to join openRxiv as Head of Product! We’ve worked together on several projects in the past - now great to be under the same roof openrxiv.org/stein-announ...

"Storytelling, gathering, intentional design, meaningful exchange, design-forward, beautifully crafted, authentic connection – these terms, and more, can be found in the marketing gloss my wife discovered when she got curious and decided to pay the shop a visit." www.gabestein.com/your-local-c...

Your local coffee shop probably has AI brain

We can't make meaning from everything in the universe

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The moment has finally arrived for you to, er, start talking to your friends and representatives about multi-member districts. www.gabestein.com/messaging-re...

Messaging Reform

The emerging democratic reform agenda is great to see, and lacking the critical component that could make it the start of a new American politics

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Code LLMs are so polarizing because they represent the attempt to industrialize a fundamentally artisanal industry. Home bakers love their shiny new toys. Skilled factory workers see them as a threat to their livelihoods. My question is whether code can be industrialized, and if it needs to be.

Welcome to the age of industrial code

An industry of artisans tries to brute force its way into running factories

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First writing post-move and post-kid was a tough one to get through, I'm so out of practice. But I think I landed somewhere interesting. TLDR: Reclaiming agency in our mediatized world requires giving some up. www.gabestein.com/plugging-bac...

Plugging back out

Reclaiming agency in our mediatized world requires giving some up

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Sneak peak of what we'll discuss on our "media theory of open science" virtual panel on Monday with @richardsever.bsky.social, @needhibhalla.bsky.social & @rachelzamzow.bsky.social at @journoresource.bsky.social/@shorensteinctr.bsky.social. Learn more & register: www.gabestein.com/monday-why-w...

Monday: why we need a new "media theory" for open science

Join me Monday at 12:30pm Eastern for a virtual panel on how open academic publishing can help rebuild trust in research

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Happening this monday

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On October 6, join me for a virtual panel with on a vital topic: how can we make sure that open science advances not just science itself, but society’s understanding of, trust in, and willingness to invest in research? Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...

One week until our virtual panel on how the open science and media communities can adapt to changes in our information ecosystem to (re)build trust in research. I hope it'll be the start of a much-needed longer conversation. Don't miss it! Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...

How Can Open Science Practices Increase Trust In Research? | Shorenstein Center

Join representatives from each stage of open science for a frank discussion of how each part of the publishing process must adapt to make sure open science advances not just science itself, but societ...

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Gabriel Stein@gabestein.com · 11mo ago

On October 6, join me for a virtual panel with on a vital topic: how can we make sure that open science advances not just science itself, but society’s understanding of, trust in, and willingness to invest in research? Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...

On October 6, join me for a virtual panel with on a vital topic: how can we make sure that open science advances not just science itself, but society’s understanding of, trust in, and willingness to invest in research? Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...

How Can Open Science Practices Increase Trust In Research? | Shorenstein Center

Join representatives from each stage of open science for a frank discussion of how each part of the publishing process must adapt to make sure open science advances not just science itself, but societ...

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Technology is neutral, but it distributes power in unpredictable ways. I've come to believe the attention economy is particularly insidious in the way it gives us the illusion of choice and voice. Here's the case for logging off as resistance. www.gabestein.com/your-phone-o...

Your phone or your freedom?

Logging off as resistance

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👋 Substack. It’s cool that you’re interested in academic publishing. Before diving in, I suggest fully understanding the market you’re getting into and how you might link up with open science advocates. www.gabestein.com/substack-is-...

Substack is probably not going to solve academic publishing

But there are other ways platforms committed to rationality can help, if they’re willing to work with open science activists

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Fun new threads: 1. "Vibe productivity." 2. Grappling with the impacts of open science on general audiences. 3. Let's stop playing "bureaucratic astrology" with the regime and start actively opposing it. www.gabestein.com/i-am-going-t...

I am going to try to write more (and I need your help)

Plus: new threads on "vibe productivity," trust in open science, and updating our cognitive models of bureaucracy for authoritarian times

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This is one of the most important connections I've ever made. It's very simple, but I haven't quite heard anyone say so clearly: big tech and the Trump admin. aren't just working together out of convenience or fear, they're operating under the same core ideology. www.gabestein.com/big-tech-and...

Big tech and Trumpism share the same ideology

It's time for tech workers to opt out and build a new industry

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This is one of the most important connections I've ever made. It's very simple, but I haven't quite heard anyone say so clearly: big tech and the Trump admin. aren't just working together out of convenience or fear, they're operating under the same core ideology. www.gabestein.com/big-tech-and...

Big tech and Trumpism share the same ideology

It's time for tech workers to opt out and build a new industry

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I’m fairly sure we’re going to find that LLMs are like any other kind of software. That’s not a good thing for an industry predicated on replacing entire professions.

The future of generative AI is using it less

The boring business problem at the heart of the generative AI bubble

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I've long told folks not to read my newsletter, gabestein.com. I stand by this. Readers may start suspecting that big tech’s real mission is to privatize civil society, experience skepticism about new “magical” tools, or realize the media is incapable of meeting today’s needs. You’ve been warned.

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Critical and independent thought about media, technology, politics, and society. My newsletter, personal blog, and archive.

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It's scary that Facebook's latest privacy scandal has barely broken through.

You simply cannot trust these people (and should stop using their products)

It's scary that Facebook's latest privacy scandal has barely broken through

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Wherein I actually read the studies (and invent a philosopher). buttondown.com/gabestein/ar...

Has anyone actually read the generative AI productivity studies?

They really don't match the headlines

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Anyone in the scicomm/policy world working on efforts like described to resist cuts to U.S. biomedical research? Imo, Josh is right that activating patient communities is likely the most effective way to demonstrate the political costs of cuts to legislators. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...

A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research

Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...

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You can and should admit it: yesterday was deeply, absurdly funny. buttondown.com/gabestein/ar...

A coup looks different in a world where software is power.

Soft(ware) power

A coup looks different in a world where software is power.

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Wherein we oscillate between personal time zone choices, political silliness, and the lengths people went to entertain themselves when history ended.

Greeland Standard Time

Wherein we oscillate between personal time zone choices, political silliness, and the lengths people went to entertain themselves when history ended.

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Do we actually make things, or do we just light money on fire and call it innovation?

Do we actually make things?

We are not ready to play with fire.

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I did an AI, and it convinced me that building actually valuable AI products is a very specific, very difficult skill.

I did an AI

Chatbots are just friendly reverse-centaurs

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How to inoculate yourself against bad takes

How to inoculate yourself against bad takes

Resisting the temptation to analyze What Happened may be the most important thing you can do right now.

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I regret to inform you I have "launched" a "newsletter" in an attempt to get off these platforms but keep dialoging (?) with you. All the usual stuff — intersection of tech, politics, etc. Abuse of theory. Here's the first one. Much obliged if you check it out. buttondown.com/gabestein/ar...

The Metamodern Miasma

First, some housekeeping. If you’re getting this, it’s because you previously subscribed to my blog, gabestein.com, or because we’ve been talking about this...

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