Emanuel Ubert
@emanuelubert.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @rsmerasmus.bsky.social | Org Learning & Adaptation • (Goalless) Search • Evolution vs. Design • Climate Crisis & Insurance • Cognition, Collective Sensemaking & Social Imagination • Reluctant Utopian • Failing Boddhisatva.
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"The lack of conflict, the lack of humour, the lack of any tangible referents, creates the feel of a new kind of cyborg that seeks an eerie peace, honesty and consensus."
Will Davies on the rise of LinkedIn and the rise of mindful slop.
Will Davies on the rise of LinkedIn and the rise of mindful slop.
It's time.
Time to write about this style of writing.
Which I've done here.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Time to write about this style of writing.
Which I've done here.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
What is LinkedIn?
The rise of mindful slop
substack.com
September 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"The lack of conflict, the lack of humour, the lack of any tangible referents, creates the feel of a new kind of cyborg that seeks an eerie peace, honesty and consensus."
Will Davies on the rise of LinkedIn and the rise of mindful slop.
Will Davies on the rise of LinkedIn and the rise of mindful slop.
Reposted by Emanuel Ubert
Reposted by Emanuel Ubert
Are cells themselves a kind of thermodynamic computer? “To my physicist’s way of thinking, it would be fair to say that nature uses Langevin computers programmed by evolution,” said Stephen Whitelam, a statistical physicist.
Thermodynamic Computers Go With the (Energy) Flow | Quanta Magazine
Today’s computers need safeguards against random energy fluctuations. Thermodynamic computers would put those fluctuations to use.
www.quantamagazine.org
July 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Are cells themselves a kind of thermodynamic computer? “To my physicist’s way of thinking, it would be fair to say that nature uses Langevin computers programmed by evolution,” said Stephen Whitelam, a statistical physicist.
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Wall Street banks are AI stocks now ft.trib.al/muMEnFg | opinion
Wall Street banks are AI stocks now
Plus a nice cool CPI report
ft.trib.al
July 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Wall Street banks are AI stocks now ft.trib.al/muMEnFg | opinion
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When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble.
Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
July 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble.
Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Dreaming as one of the next training paradigms. The idea is that a model learns mostly inside its own, by imagining what would happen, instead of trying out for real.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.06732
arxiv.org/abs/2605.06732
On Training in Imagination
State-of-the-art model-based reinforcement learning methods train policies on imagined rollouts. These rollouts are trajectories generated by a learned dynamics model and are scored by a learned rewar...
arxiv.org
July 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Dreaming as one of the next training paradigms. The idea is that a model learns mostly inside its own, by imagining what would happen, instead of trying out for real.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.06732
arxiv.org/abs/2605.06732
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Are cooperatives the answer to the crisis? Article on newly established cooperatives in eastern Germany.
#cooperatives
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
#cooperatives
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Es rette sich, wer teilt: Sind Genossenschaften die Antwort auf die Krise?
Die Dorfkneipe macht dicht, Betriebe suchen vergeblich Nachfolger, junge Kreative agieren auf einem übersättigten Markt. Ausgerechnet Genossenschaften, oft als verstaubt belächelt, zeigen: Gemeinsam B...
www.mdr.de
June 28, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Are cooperatives the answer to the crisis? Article on newly established cooperatives in eastern Germany.
#cooperatives
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
#cooperatives
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
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Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: “The Beautiful Engineering of Us: From Neurons to Collective Minds” with Thalia Wheatley, exploring how human intelligence emerges not only from individual brains, but from networks of interacting people.
The Beautiful Engineering of Us: From Neurons to Collective Minds
YouTube video by Santa Fe Institute
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: “The Beautiful Engineering of Us: From Neurons to Collective Minds” with Thalia Wheatley, exploring how human intelligence emerges not only from individual brains, but from networks of interacting people.
