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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

What do you think is the opposite of stoicism?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

unfortunately i see it used all the time

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

but cf. many papers in practice, e.g. those by Clegg et al.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Literally the word means "compare" but according to Wikipedia that type of use would be non-standard. Traditionally if you want to refer to something similar, you would say "see also".

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

PSA ----- (1) "extant" means "surviving" so when you say "extant literature" you're implying some literature has been lost. (2) "cf." or "confer" means "see in contrast" not "see as example" so you're implying that the citation gives different argument than the present text.

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marcoinchingolo.bsky.social @marcoinchingolo.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🚨 New European Commission's JRC Report Out Collaborative Policymaking Science-backed insights for better collaboration in public administration/policymaking & 12 actionable principles to make it happen 🔗 Report + principles: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h... @davidmair4.bsky.social

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Collaborative Policymaking

This report explores how public administrations can foster more effective collaboration by intentionally shaping the behaviours, routines, and mindsets of public servants. Drawing on cutting-edge insi...

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

ChatGPT nailed it: "your concern is not anti-psychology. It’s pro-science."

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Jason W. Burton @jasonburton.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑‍💻 Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

i'm afraid there's nothing i can do 😢 one of only two comments (from 80 students) on my negotiation class evaluation: “The only bad thing of the course was the low attendance”

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I've discovered an unexpected benefit of the MESO (multiple equivalent simultaneous offers) in landlord negotiations, when they tried to give us a contract that didn't reflect our agreement: "...which was your choice, not ours."

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I have a credit dispute with my coauthor. Each of us denies coming up with Equation 1, and thinks the other person did it.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

wow that is a seriously nostalgic website. i remember when CSS didn't exist.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

hmm are you predicting my future? we haven't done the proceedings yet....

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

EasyChair is ....... not so easy.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

using the AI to add the progress bar to the script using the AI to do the literature review.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

On the usefulness of AI+CI research results in a fast-changing landscape: "If we root ourselves more to first principles of collective intelligence rather than focusing on current capabilities of LLMs, we’re future proofing our perspective" - Jason Burton, just a moment ago

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

and yes, the two laggards are indeed harming my career prospects.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

i suspect these numbers vary by field norms and ambition: with those values, all my papers would be published in PNAS, Nature Human Behaviour, Management Science, or Academy of Management Journal.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

so even 5 max would assume that all my papers are published in top-tier journals. that's true, but only because the struggling papers haven't been published yet as they are still working through the system =P

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

sure yeah you can normalize, change the numbers, whatever but---i suspect we require a large number of reviews for each paper published, on average.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

i'm going to go through all the top-tier journals before i give up and go to a 2nd tier journal.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

If I submit my paper to 5 journals before it gets published, and each journal requires 3 reviewers, thats 15 reviewers per paper. Is everybody completing as many reviews as they require from others? Or are some people carrying the lions share of the burden?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Negotiating with my landlord for lease renewal. Offered them a MESO. Targeted their interests. Gestured at rights. Keeping power in my pocket. Thanks, negotiation theory!! Coming soon: the response.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I guess in this case, I honestly find it hard to tell the difference between cruelty, stupidity, and an extremely radical anti-globalist agenda.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

If intention is at all relevant to cruelty it's kind of irrelevant whether it's a good strategy, vs whether the perpetrator thinks its a good strategy. Unless cruelty is in the eye of the beholder and not the perp, I suppose. In which case I suppose it's entirely up to you, and I have no opinion.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

If it's an essential component of a calculated strategy to achieve a goal, is it still cruel? Or just selfish?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

i just created a course in Thinkific with the title "negotiation solutions" and it auto-populated a syllabus and section titles for me including one on "Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication". the course url is "ai-placeholder"

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

now i want to know about the bedford street hoax. smaller sure, but as the original i bet it was quite clever.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

ONE WEEK TO DEADLINE for Collective Intelligence 2025 submissions! Accepting non-archival AND proceedings submissions, to include contributions from a diverse set of academic traditions. More info here: ci.acm.org/2025/submit/

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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Call for Participation - ACM Collective Intelligence 2025

⏰ Submission Deadlines and Templates Collective Intelligence 2025 offers several opportunities to share your latest research and insights. All submissions should be submitted via EasyChair by the list...

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

i just sit around all day and test hypotheses. by which i mean, i generate lots of hypotheses, and test them to see if they're interesting.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

"all models are wrong. some models are useful."

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

propositions vs hypotheses? Proposition = a thing to be demonstrated theoretically. Hypothesis = a thing to be demonstrated empirically.

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

it's just a negotiation class. it's not hard as far as exams go. also, since the class is really about experiential learning, i'm trying to get rid of the exam. (assessments are controlled by admin)

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

the answers are also in the lecture videos, available on moodle! and there are readings. i just ALSO tell them the answers in class, a bit more explicitly ("this will be on the exam").

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

i don't quite understand... which part freaked them out?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

my class is really easy because i tell you all the answers to the exam over the term, all you have to do is (show up to class and) write them down

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

After all, what is (collective) consciousness but a (collective) self talking to itself about talking to itself about itself?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

UK is a petri dish for collective intelligence! There's a "collective leadership" dept in govt, another running mass deliberations, and activists meeting up to discuss "Why Britain needs highly talented people like you to think about governance." lu.ma/lfg-cf?tk=zd...

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LFG x FutureHouse x Civic Future · Luma

Are you a high agency, ambitious person? Do you want to improve Britain? Have you thought about entering politics and public life but don’t know where to…

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

what if nuance weren't so boring?

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

a document that just repeats "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy"

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Joshua Becker @joshuabecker.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The wisdom of competitive crowds? Estimation meets poker: mynamelowercase.com/blog/general...

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General Knowledge Poker — Drawn In Perspective

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