Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller

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Weekly Digest - Jan 4-10, 2026

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Here's what I published from Sunday, January 4, 2026 to Saturday, January 10, 2026: Professors Are Conservative, Actually Politically, academics are much more liberal than the average person. But Paul Bloom makes the excellent point that, in areas related to their work, academics are actually deeply conservative. Asking

Daily Newsletter - Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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Here's what I published on Tuesday, January 6, 2026: Professors Are Conservative, Actually Politically, academics are much more liberal than the average person. But Paul Bloom makes the excellent point that, in areas related to their work, academics are actually deeply conservative. Asking a prof about AI is

Professors Are Conservative, Actually

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ai education

Politically, academics are much more liberal than the average person. But Paul Bloom makes the excellent point that, in areas related to their work, academics are actually deeply conservative. Asking a prof about AI is like asking a taxi driver to weigh in on Uber. I think I have good

An amazing story of courage and empathy

This is an incredible moment of courage that happened in 2023. I’d never heard about it until this article. Nathan saved dozens of lives. Nathan started to think of himself as being in the right place at the right time. His instinct was to get this man and his

Joshua Gans on Vibe Researching

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From an economist, about his extensive experiments with AI-driven academic research. I don’t have much of a research background, but his experiences seem right where expected. My point is that the experiment — can we do research at high speed without much human input — was a failure. And it wasn’

A Rare-Blood Donor Saved Millions of Lives

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Australia's most prolific blood and plasma donor, James Harrison, has died at age 88. Known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," Harrison is credited with saving the lives of 2.4 million babies over the course of more than half a century. Harrison died in

Weekly Digest - Dec 28-Jan 3, 2026

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Here's what I published from Sunday, December 28, 2025 to Saturday, January 3, 2026: Some Provo Street Photography Since my focus has been learning landscape photography, I've never really done any street shooting. Thanks to a kind invitation, I had a chance to head downtown and

Some Provo Street Photography

Some Provo Street Photography

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Since my focus has been learning landscape photography, I've never really done any street shooting. Thanks to a kind invitation, I had a chance to head downtown and try my hand at it. (Thanks Daren, Jason, and Justin!) A bit of a grey day, and I need to