PinnedJ. Nathan MatiasScience for Survival and Hope: Receiving the Rise25 AwardOrdinary people can transform the Internet for good through science.7 min read·Oct 16, 2023--1--1
J. Nathan MatiasDisagreements, Fast And SlowHenry Farrell explains how I’m mistaken — and I’m loving it8 min read·Apr 6, 2024--1--1
J. Nathan MatiasCan We Crash-Test AI with Artificial Humans?Proxies are a promising and potentially-risky way to test the safety of AI systems3 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
J. Nathan MatiasSinging A Prayer for Supply ChainsCelebrating & Critiquing Infrastructure5 min read·Mar 17, 2024----
J. Nathan MatiasCan We Explain Online Toxicity When We Don’t Know What it Is?A new paper claims to explain online toxicity with a simple model. But a lot depends on what we mean by “toxic.”10 min read·Feb 12, 2024--6--6
J. Nathan MatiasSeeing Water as a Complex System: Riding with John FleckJohn Fleck may be the only law school professor with a favorite ditch. And he’s on a mission to convince the rest of us to care about them…6 min read·Apr 21, 2023----
J. Nathan MatiasEscaping Sprawl and Facing History at Foothills Nature PreserveWhen local politician Alyssa Cisneros took her daughter to Foothills Nature Preserve in Palo Alto on July 4th 2020, she was hoping to…5 min read·Mar 5, 2023----
J. Nathan MatiasHow Twitter misleads us about how many people have left — and what to do about itSocial feeds are engines for distorting social understanding. Here’s how to push back against the algorithm.5 min read·Jan 5, 2023--1--1
J. Nathan MatiasAu Revoir IthacaReflections on home and place as I depart for a year at Stanford4 min read·Sep 2, 2022--1--1
J. Nathan MatiasPilgrimage for a Million LivesHow can we make sense of what we have lost and where to find hope? A journey report.6 min read·Apr 24, 2022----