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ICYMI, "The Science of Weird Shit" explores the science behind otherworldly phenomena, from alien encounters to déjà vu and ghosts.
"Funny, fascinating, and mind-expanding."
—Brian Klaas, author of "Fluke"
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"Living in the Simulacra" uses the concept of the simulacra, as developed by Plato, Deleuze, and Baudrillard, as an overarching framework to explore how the digital landscape has transformed our understanding of reality.
Available #openaccess! mitpress.mit.edu/97802620531…
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What would it mean for colleges and universities to be organized around learning rather than around teaching, rankings, revenue, and prestige?
Today's crazy idea: "What if learning was at the center of college?" insidehighered.com/opinion/c…
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Machine Decision Is Not Final, edited by @bratton, @annagreenspan, Amy Ireland, and @bognamk. Available via Urbanomic (urbanomic.com/book/machine-d…) and booksellers worldwide.
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From Machine Decision Is Not Final ~ Xia Jia's 'The AI Story Is Not Done' on The @mitpress Reader: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/x…
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The use of a seemingly simple word illuminates children's cognitive development, social understanding, and linguistic creativity. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/t…
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"Technology is not neutral, and neither are photographs or artworks." villagevoice.com/the-society…
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Notes on nihilism: 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdail…
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"It is one thing if we decide as a society that we no longer want to fund animal research due to ethical objections, but we need to be realistic about what we will lose from a research standpoint."
By Joshua Mezrich, author of "Every Living Creature" statnews.com/2026/06/09/pig-…
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"Soon-to-be mothers’ abilities to read facial expressions, particularly if the faces are fearful, angry or sad, may be enhanced later in pregnancy." smithsonianmag.com/science-n…
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"While we do not outright oppose the taking of AI company stock, or of a US sovereign wealth fund, there are better ways to achieve the senator’s goals."
The latest from Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders, authors of "Rewiring Democracy": theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Honored to have published what may be Gordon Wood’s final essay in @_NEQuarterly_. In it, he explored a profound transformation set in motion by the American Revolution: the gradual end of the private ownership of public power. Read it open access here: direct.mit.edu/tneq/article/…
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Devastated to hear of the death of Gordon Wood. The greatest of them all, among historians of the Constitution? Very possibly, and a man of extraordinary grace and kindness. wpri.com/news/local-news/pro…
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New article spotlighting a key concept advocated in Raising AI — "translation mindset" — to celebrate the paperback release of Raising AI one year after the original hardcover impacted the literary conversation about AI and humanity. Translation mindset directly addresses Pope Leo’s warning against what he calls the “Babel syndrome” in his new encyclical on AI. Read it here open.substack.com/pub/dekai/…
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The book looks at nonhierarchical and experimental media practices that develop new ways of producing knowledge about violence inflicted on both humans and the environment. we-make-money-not-art.com/ex… @mitpress
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In case you missed it, “Conjuring the Void” is a beauty. It traces scientific visualizations of black holes and artists’ imaginative responses to ideas of darkness and void. Surely our only book with blurbs from Xu Bing and Brian Greene. mitpress.mit.edu/97802620499…
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New this week from the MIT Press. Happy publication day to our authors! 📚
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For millennia, architecture has tried to keep disease at bay — from lazarettos to sewage systems to sanatoriums. But as architectural historian Beatriz Colomina writes, architecture also “created its own monsters.” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/c…
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"At the peak of the first wave in the United States, the average respondent mistakenly believed that they supported significantly stricter restrictions at the onset of the first wave than they actually did." direct.mit.edu/rest/article/…
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A wide-ranging collection exploring the many meanings of sleep, within the context of the humanities and social sciences. Available in paperback and #openaccess editions! mitpress.mit.edu/97802620523…
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"Twenty years ago I made Book from the Sky, a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one could read. Now I have created Book from the Ground, a book that anyone can read."
—Xu Bing
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