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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Wonderful article by David Brooks on those who will use AI to outsource their thinking versus those who will use it to sharpen and extend it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age

What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today, SpaceX rose 19% in value, pushing its value past $2T and Elon Musk's net worth past $1T. If life expectancy is 79 years, you'd need to earn $1.45M per hour from birth to become a trillionaire based on an hourly wage. www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

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SpaceX IPO Live: SPCX Stock Opens at $150, Shares Pop

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

DEADLINE THIS WEEKEND! We invite scholars from management, economics, computer science, law, and policy to submit their best platform research. platforms.bu.edu

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Now accepting papers for the 13th Platform Strategy Summit. We invite scholars from economics, management, computer science, policy & law. $1000 best paper prize. Pls share #platforms #AI #regulation #strategy #conference @buquestrom.bsky.social

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Wishing you galloping success in the new year

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Interested in why regulating digital platforms has proven so challenging, and what to do about it? Latest writing on platform abuses, diagnoses, and solutions. Comments welcome. tinyurl.com/mrry4a8u #platforms #antitrust #misinformation #regulation #GDPR #DSA #Governance #CompetitionPolicy

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Happy Holidays to Friends & Family!

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Do you have a platform challenge? #Strategy #Launch? #Monetization? #OpenInnovation? Student teams will produce a 25-page solution for you to boost their learning. Any platform topic in course below possible. Call for projects here: tinyurl.com/PlatStratKit26 Pls Share

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

What happens when AI makes answers really cheap? Human questions become ever more important. We also need the skill to challenge those answers lest we become complacent and miss the bigger picture. New work with Sangeet Choudary shows how to do this: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sieyk...

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Do you have a platform challenge? #Strategy #Launch? #Monetization? #OpenInnovation? #Growth Student teams will produce a 25-page solution for you to boost their learning. Any platform topic is possible. Call for projects here: tinyurl.com/PlatStrat26 Pls Share.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

New working paper on reducing fraud and deception by AI agents using mechanism design. Comments are very welcome. Market Design Interventions for Safer Agentic AI aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/gen...

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

New report ranks LI, Insta, FB, YouTube, TikTok & X for prevalence and monetization of misinformation science.feedback.org/first-measur...

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The new $100,000 fee for an H1-B visa to the US is idiotic. It's hard to design a policy more likely to move hi tech jobs overseas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas

Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The summary of the MIT Platform Summit is now available ide.mit.edu/publication-... @mitsloanphd.bsky.social

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The great silencing: Colbert (comedy), Washington Post (news), Columbia (education), NIH (medicine), NOAA (climate). Killing free speech is how democracy dies open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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The silencing

Colbert, The Washington Post, Columbia University … and on it goes

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

BU Platform Summit July 15 features great rsch on social media, using AI to build platforms, decentralization, M&A strategies, robo taxis... $1000 best paper prize. Program: questromworld.bu.edu/platformstra... Registration: questromworld.bu.edu/platformstra... We look forward to seeing you!

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Recommended reading - The Anti Autocracy Handbook

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The MIT Platform Summit is here this July. See speakers and registration at platforms.mit.edu @g2parker.bsky.social

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Trump attacking student visas completely undercuts his narrative that his immigration policies rid the US of gang members, rapists, and drug dealers. He's making unwelcome some of the most talented people in the world. The damage will last a decade.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

3 tested ways to undermine autocrats - mockery, highlight corruption, human examples www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...

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Opinion | Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/05/2025

International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation. Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down. Classic bully behavior. We Stand Up for International Students. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

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Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We are alarmed by the Trump administration’s latest escalation against Harvard University. International students are a vital part of our universities and our nation. By causing a great deal of chaos for Harvard students and their communities, this action is as harmful as it is unlawful.

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Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

Harvard can no longer enroll international students after the Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students. The school called the decision "unlawful."

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Not only is this illegal, as Harvard says, it also punishes all international students for the actions of a few. And it's hurting Americans who benefit from having the perspectives and knowledge of brilliant young people who study here. www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/u...

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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students | CNN

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, marking a sharp escalation in the battle over the Ivy League school’s autonomy in the face o...

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The damage goes far beyond Harvard. Threats to academia promote a brain drain of talent across students and across universities that has serious long term consequences for American innovation over the long term.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Trump admin revokes Harvard ability to sponsor int'l students. Visa holders must transfer or be deported. Attacks must stop! Speak up! Donate to Harvard, donate to ACLU, oppose any legislator who supports these pro-censorship, anti-education, anti-science activities nationalpost.com/news/world/t...

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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students over antisemitism concerns

"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," Kristi Noem said in a statement.

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Launchworks & Co @launchworksco.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We're delighted to welcome Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social, @buquestrom.bsky.social, Digital Fellow MIT IDE to Platform Leaders for a groundbreaking keynote on "The Misinformation Machine: social media, fake news, and the future of truth". Register for free 👉 platformleaders.com

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b... The goal: silence researchers & hide the truth. Reality: This research is NOT about censorship. @infoecon.bsky.social: Will "lead to a vastly more polluted information environment.”

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Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Internet users can seek out interactions with like-minded individuals who have similar values and become less likely to trust important decisions to people whose values differ from their own. Published 2005 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ji0n0... @erikbryn.bsky.social

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

How might we curb misinformation with no censorship and no central authority judging truth? New talk at the U Cambridge Disinformation Summit www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Pi...

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Marshall Van Alstyne presents Certifiably True: The Impact of Self-Certifications on Misinformation

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's time to jump on board and help

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

To our Canadian friends, we sincerely regret the Trump administration's latest export: stupidity.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Beware attacker doublespeak. Research on misinformation is not misinformation. Research on censorship is not censorship. Use your right of free speech to defend your right to learn who's trying to deceive you.

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Marshall Van Alstyne @infoecon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The potential to use AI for influence and deceit is remarkable. NYT story highlights a woman who moved in with her folks to afford nursing school but got hooked on an AI boyfriend, paying $200/month for access #ai #influence www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/t...

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She Is in Love With ChatGPT

A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.

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