Where are my social media links?
I’m supposed to encourage you to follow me on social media. And yet, I’m not going to do that.
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When ChatGPT Says it Knows it’s Wrong
When I asked ChatGPT to help me with research, it knowingly fabricated all its sources.
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Beautiful Blackboards of Mathematicians
There’s something wonderful about chalk on a blackboard.
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Not a real math problem
The New York Times on mathematicians talking about their hatred for the the 8 ÷ 2(2+2) = ? “problem.”
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Film Review: Who Will Write Our History?
My review of an exceptional documentary film that tells the story of resistance through documentation of daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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The kilogram is getting a makeover
The way we define a kilogram (and pounds too) is basically a high-tech refinement of a medieval technology. That’s about to change as the most influential bar in Paris is shutting down.
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The Permanent, Unmistakable Mark Human Beings Have Left on Planet Earth
Have we entered a new geologic era, the Anthropocene? Or put differently: hundreds of thousands of years from now, when future geologists sift the earth for clues about our present day, what lasting evidence of our existence will they find?
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Announcing World of the Weasel
I’m excited to announce the launch of World of the Weasel, a series of picture books for kids and the adults who read to them!
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I’m a NY Times crossword hint
It’s fun when your name is an answer in the NY Times crossword 😊
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Nick Hanauer: Inequality is bad for the rich
Check out this quite compelling TED talk from Nick Hanauer, an entrepreneur, investor, capitalist, and self-described plutocrat. Hanauer is a billionaire, but makes the case that trickle-down economics and rising inequality are especially bad for the rich. One claim he makes: Some inequality is necessary for a high-functioning capitalist democracy. The problem is that inequality is at
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