Judith Donath - Technology, trust, and what holds society together

Flourishing Commons Newsletter

Show Notes:

• Tsundoku (09:00)
• The cost of honesty (09:30)
• theory of mind, MIT Media Lab, and Marvin Minsky (13:00)
• Roger Schank (13:30)
• cultural metaphors (14:00)
• Ocean Vuong (17:15)
• The Architecture Machine by Nicholas Negroponte (19:30)
• Bell Labs (20:15)
• Vienna Circle (20:20)
• Sociable Media Group (22:40)
• The Social Machine by Judith Donath (23:05)
• Fernanda Viégas (35:20)
• Chat Circles (35:30)
• Gossip, Grooming, and the Evolution of Language by Robin Dunbar (39:00)
• The Strength of Weak Ties by Mark Granovetter (43:20)
• Berkman Klein Center (47:00)
• Signalling Theory (49:00)
• Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey (56:00)
• The Experimental Novel by Émile Zola (59:00)
• C Thi Nguyen Origins (59:20)
• Lightning Round (01:00:30)
  • Book: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
  • Passion: Crossfit's way of thinking about metrics
  • Heart sing: Street photography
    • Teju Cole
  • Screwed up: Traditional academia
• Find Judith online:
  • Website
• 'Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series  
  • Judith’s playlist
• Flourishing Salons
• Learning Salon AI

Artwork Cristina Gonzalez