Reposted by Jake Eatonjay @kuppermann.xyz · 16/07/2025did you know crouton.netcrouton.net Crouton 032
Reposted by Jake EatonEmily @emilybynight.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Why do you hate the word "moist"? why do wet sounds like teeth-sucking, slurping, and swallowing evoke a sense of disgust and rage? @jakee.bsky.social explains in dazzling detail on The Ick... emilybynight.substack.com/p/the-moist-...emilybynight.substack.comThe 'Moist' Mind Virus: Why We Hate Wet SoundsOn misophonia and socially transmitted disgust 121
Reposted by Jake EatonLauren Gilbert @lgilbert.co · 27/05/2025all @aspaglayan.bsky.social content is self-recommending 031
Reposted by Jake EatonA.S. Paglayan @aspaglayan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Super fun interview with @asteriskmag.bsky.social in which we talk about "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) but also: - is "indoctrination for democracy" desirable? - is low education quality driven by "low state capacity"? and more! asteriskmag.com/issues/10/wh...asteriskmag.comWhat Are Schools For?—AsteriskThe modern education system around the world continues to bear the imprint of mass education’s original goal: obedience. 044
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Basic tests for research reproducibility still aren't being met, even in our top journals. Some 15% of papers in even our best publications still contain code that doesn't run 030
Reposted by Jake EatonAlexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Some very depressing forecasts on the impact of USAID cuts in the recent @asteriskmag.bsky.social special edition: asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-... 02413
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 15/05/2025For the past month, @asteriskmag.bsky.social has been working with a group of forecasters for a series on the mortality impacts of the Trump Administration's USAID cuts 5 forecasts, transparent and probabilistic, on PEPFAR, malaria, TB, nutrition, and WASH asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-s... 041
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Grateful to talk to Todd and Katie about the current status of USAID, that leaked reorganization plan, and what we can expect for the future of American foreign assistance 010
Reposted by Jake EatonDavid Chalmers @davidchalmers.bsky.social · 17/03/2025we're advertising 2-3 postdoctoral positions to work at NYU on artificial consciousness and related topics at the intersection of AI and the philosophy of mind (possibly including AI mentality, AI interpretability, and AI welfare). deadline is march 30! philjobs.org/job/show/28878philjobs.org Post-Doctoral Associate/Research Scientist, New York University - PhilJobs:JFP Post-Doctoral Associate/Research Scientist, New York University An international database of jobs for philosophers 17638
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Have been reading Longreads well over a decade! A real privilege to be featured 031
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 13/03/2025We raised the attendance cap on this from 80 to 100 after high demand! Will sell-out! Donation-based! Very important topic! Very interesting questions! Very cool people! I will ask about panpsychism! Can't wait to meet you there!!! 021
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A few tickets out of 80 total left! If there's enough demand we can find a way to finagle a few more, but it's going to be a full house. I'm really, really excited for this one 000
Reposted by Jake EatonBrian Moore @brianmoore.com · 11/03/2025did I just release a project where ANYONE can update a site by calling the number 715-999-7483 right before going on vacation? yes.715-999-7483.comWerewolf Research Center & Shrine | (715) 999-7483 5326
Reposted by Jake EatonAlexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Exciting update: @open_phil is doubling down on our YIMBY, innovation, and metascience success by launching a >$120m Abundance & Growth Fund to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific & technological progress. Funding from @goodventures.bsky.social, Patrick Collison, and others. Why now? 🧵 24813
Reposted by Jake Eatons. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10/03/2025SUCH a good article about misophonia from @jakee.bsky.social. It's so hard for me to articulate my relationship with stimuli such as chewing and repetitive sounds, it's not just that I don't like them it's the uncontrollable full-body aversive reaction. Glad to see more serious research on this.asteriskmag.comThe Unbearable Loudness of Chewing—AsteriskWhy do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer? 55614
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Absolute pleasure to speak with Kati Devaney for this issue. We covered a lot of territory: the deep-end of meditation, the neuroscience of cessation, the concept of "weird," and whether enlightenment is in the Overton window yet asteriskmag.com/issues/09/th...asteriskmag.comThe Science of Woo—AsteriskA conversation about neuroscience, meditation, and the many paths to insight. 011
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 08/03/2025During this bird flu pandemic I try to keep in mind the old aphorism: you can’t make an omelette 010
Reposted by Jake EatonMichael Nielsen @michaelnielsen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025A demonstration this Friday to ask the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to restore PEPFAR funding, one of the best things the US government (or any organization in the world) does: pepfarreport.org/event I found the report very informative and interesting: pepfarreport.orgpepfarreport.orgFoggy Bottom Demonstration FridayRubio promised waivers, but the system is broken. Join us Friday, March 7th, for a protest to restore PEPFAR at Foggy Bottom. 2136
Reposted by Jake EatonAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social · 03/03/2025asteriskmag.com/issues/09/ar...asteriskmag.comAre AIs People?—AsteriskEvery year, AI models get better at thinking. Could they possibly be capable of feeling? And if they are, how would we know? 031
Reposted by Jake EatonDustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 27/02/2025the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team 112112211222
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Thrilled to announce that @asteriskmag.bsky.social and I will be hosting a conversation between Rob Long and Kati Devaney on where two tracks in consciousness research — AI and meditation — collide If you're local to the Bay, would love to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/where-huma... 031
Reposted by Jake EatonLauren Gilbert @lgilbert.co · 23/02/2025how to tell defunding science is in fact a bad idea: the notably left-wing and pro-government-spending think tank AEI agrees with @deenamousa.com and I that science funding is high ROI: www.aei.org/economics/wh...aei.org 063
Reposted by Jake EatonAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social · 24/02/2025There are 3 things one should never discuss in polite company: money, politics, and shrimp. asteriskmag.com/issues/09/ye...asteriskmag.comYes, Shrimp Matter—AsteriskWhat made a private equity analyst decide to devote his life to tiny aquatic crustaceans? 021
Reposted by Jake EatonDeena Mousa @deenamousa.com · 20/02/2025Skepticism of government-funded scientific research is making the rounds again. In @asteriskmag.bsky.social, @lgilbert.co and I write about why “weird” research pays off, and how the government is particularly well-positioned— better than the private sector—to fund it. 🧵 x.com/deenamousa/... 1103
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Forecasting & global health friends! @asteriskmag.bsky.social is working on a mini-series forecasting the impacts of USAID/other funding cuts over the next year 121
Reposted by Jake EatonAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Basic research, even when it appears weird — from levitating frogs to the sex lives of beetles to fishing in geysers for bacteria — is a government investment with extremely high ROI asteriskmag.com/issues/09/a-...asteriskmag.comA Defense of Weird Research—AsteriskGovernment-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over. 021
Reposted by Jake EatonZack Williams, MD, PhD @quantpsychiatry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Really enjoyed being interviewed for this feature on misophonia and misophonia research in @asteriskmag.bsky.social! asteriskmag.com/issues/09/th...asteriskmag.comThe Unbearable Loudness of Chewing—AsteriskWhy do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer? 0177
Reposted by Jake Eaton𝕵𝖚𝖑 𝕼𝖚𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖚𝖆𝖎 @julquanouai.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Illustration for a @jakee.bsky.social article about misophonia in the last issue of @asteriskmag.bsky.social #magazine #illustration 1253
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 10/02/2025my latest - about trying to understand my own misophonia, and why it's taken so long for science to catch up 142
Reposted by Jake EatonBrian Moore @brianmoore.com · 06/02/2025made this little tool, govwayback.com. add “wayback.com” to “.gov” on any US gov website and it’ll redirect you to that page on @archive.org … from before January 20th 2025 17296155
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025everyone is an animist when it comes time to choose a coffee mug 010
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I'm pretty sympathetic sometimes to the caricature of EAs as weird galaxy-brained utilitarians willing to pursue absurd ends in service of decreasing suffering but then I take a few minutes to read the evidence, and change my mind 100
Reposted by Jake EatonCollective Intelligence Project @cip.org · 13/01/20252/ Meta has announced that they’re removing third-party fact checkers and implementing Community Notes. What, exactly, are Community Notes? @asteriskmag.bsky.social recently published an in-depth interview with the team behind Community Notes: asteriskmag.com/issues/08/th....asteriskmag.comThe Making of Community Notes—AsteriskThe team that built X’s Community Notes talks about their design process and the philosophy behind their approach to combatting false information on the platform. 112
Reposted by Jake EatonAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In the wake of the turmoil around PEPFAR funding, we're re-reading @justsand.bsky.social's piece on how economists got Africa's AIDS epidemic wrong - and why it's so important that it continues asteriskmag.com/issues/05/pe...asteriskmag.comPEPFAR and the Costs of Cost-Benefit Analysis—AsteriskIn the early aughts, economists said it was a bad use of money to send antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV in low-income countries. Twenty years later, we can ask why they got it wrong. 074
Reposted by Jake Eatonjasmine sun @jasmine.bsky.social · 18/01/2025pitches are open for Kernel Magazine Issue 5: RULES we want critical & creative meditations on your most esoteric regulations, logics, constraints 👷 📐 pitches and submissions are due february 1. we pay! joinreboot.org/p/kernel-5-p... 0106
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 12/01/2025HEY ITS ME your instagram friend from college who never left their community nonprofit job & thinks luigi mangione is hot. anyway heres some misinformation on wildfire insurance in california 010
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 22/12/2024I read around 30 meditation books this year. Here are 5 that stuck with me the most www.anzalogue.xyz/p/five-medit...anzalogue.xyzFive Meditation Books I Read This YearImagine you go on a meditation retreat without any background in meditation. 000
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I got frustrated with the GLP-1 discourse and wrote up some hasty thoughts jakeeaton.substack.com/p/the-glp-1-...jakeeaton.substack.comThe GLP-1 discourse needs a little more nuanceProgress is unequal, and sometimes it has trade-offs. We should talk about them more. 141
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Read the magazine everyone is calling the antidote to EA and rationalism's bad aesthetics! 010
Reposted by Jake EatonAsterisk Magazine @asteriskmag.bsky.social · 29/11/2024"handsomely designed" - The New Yorker WINNER of the 2023 AIGA Year in Design Award For the next week, get 15% off and free shipping on single print copies of Asterisk with code BLACKFRIDAY15 store.asteriskmag.com 062
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024hot tip for reporter friends: so there’s one guy who is basically the center of the largest Bay Area polycule I’ve ever seen. his name is Claude 001
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024If someone invented a drug that preserved what my state of mind and focus is like between say 5:30AM-7:30AM throughout the entire day, I would pay handsomely 110
Reposted by Jake Eatonjay @kuppermann.xyz · 25/11/2024We made a magazine! Very excited to launch Pace Layers into the world — it's a project that's been in the works for years, now (thanks to the tireless work and leadership of @med.bsky.social), and I'm so happy with how it turned out. longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...longnow.orgAnnouncing Pace LayersThe inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century. 2243
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Progress Conference really was my favorite event of the past few years, and I expect it to have even more momentum in 2025 041
Jake Eaton @jakee.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I still think that social media and phones are doing bad things to our mental health, but I appreciate Claude's contrarian take on what's been happening in the past ten years with loneliness: housing is expensive, and it's hard to make friends when you live with mom and dad 051
