Today is Day 2 of the Moral Fragmentations conference through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. For folks online, use this Zoom link.
Hear from @kyleflaw.com, Chuck Huff,
Desiree Lim, Linda Trevino
Program here:
moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...
Zoom:
psu.zoom.us/j/9487237585...
It was great to have you join us and kick off the events this morning, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social!
Moral Fragmentations is happening now through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Program is below:
moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...
If you were signed up for the webinar, we had to shift due to tech capacity to a Zoom room here. Sorry for any confusion! Join:
psu.zoom.us/j/95580752874
Today's the Moral Fragmentations conference! Details below. If you're in town, come to the Innovation Hub, and if you're online, register for the Zoom live webinar. Come join the conversation through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, it will be fun.
moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...
The collaborative set was a highlight of the Peel It Back tour. This rendition was the highlight.
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Penn State bloom 🌸
Proud advisor moment. I'm thrilled that @farvk.bsky.social & @jokretz.bsky.social were selected to receive a Democracy Research Support grant from The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State for their co-developed project on cross-partisan empathy. Congrats!
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@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mattlindauer.bsky.social, Chuck Huff and Ben Jones will all be on hand to talk about their books. Come by and say hi! Thanks to @wiktoriampedryc.bsky.social for the poster and helping to organize. More on the rest of the event here...
Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries Book Reception, 6-8 pm at Webster's in State College
Folks in State College! If you're around this Saturday, I encourage you to check out the reception that the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making is hosting at Webster's Bookstore, one of our independent bookshops. This is the opening, informal meet-and-greet with several of the invited speakers.
State College friends, check it!
While the President openly mocks people with disabilities, we do things differently here in Pennsylvania.
We treat people with the respect and dignity they deserve — and we’ve delivered for the disability and autism community.
PSU faculty members and Rock Ethics Institute senior research associates @dcameron.bsky.social & Alan Wagner recently discussed the potential for empathy between humans and AI in a Q&A. 🔗
Very much looking forward to serving as one of the keynotes for this event at Penn State's Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Lots of great talks and a chance to hear about some exciting new books at the intersection of moral psychology and moral theory. #philsky #socialpsych
Tulip 🌷 time at Penn State
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
A great long-form jangle pop jam to start the week
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I'm surprised and sorry to hear this news. We enjoyed having you visit Penn State a couple of years ago, and hearing about your impactful work. Sending positive wishes, and would be happy to chat. It would be great to have you visit us again to talk on your research and share mentorship advice
For National Pet Day, our glorious Siberian forest cat, our cute little eldritch feline
I did this right after teaching my psych seminar on empathy, morality, & AI so I was a little pumped, in "prof mode". Somehow this brief chat serves as a good distillation of the course and questions I'm most enthusiastic about in this space. So, a little explainer and trailer for what's to come...
On Wednesday I got to do a podcast interview on AI empathy with @lastshow.bsky.social. What a fun and ethically rich quick chat, thanks for the invite and to Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State for letting me use their studio
@psuliberalarts.bsky.social
@ssripennstate.bsky.social
A Penn State trolley 🚎 problem
Old Main through the bloom at Penn State
a complex biosphere in vivid color in an illustrative style inside a circle and outside all white with shadow, with suggestion of complex ferns and other vegetation; art by rogan brown
Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr
Morning light on the way to teach about empathy on campus
As a reminder, the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making's Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries conference is coming up. The website for the conference has launched. It has the schedule, along with bios, abstracts, and quotes from speakers about "Fragmentations"
moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/moral...
As a reminder, the call for posters is due Friday for our event AI and Social Research: Empathic AI, Metascience, and Methodology. Details below, open to early career researchers at Penn State & beyond. Unique opportunity for network building, please share!
ssri.psu.edu/news/ai-and-...
#socialpsych
Pure awe
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," if a deal isn't reached, President Donald Trump said in a post Tuesday morning, while keeping open the possibility of an off-ramp, saying that "maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen." https://to.pbs.org/4cclaVW
This is not lets-propose-this-and-see-what-Congress-says. Their plan is more like USAID: eliminate before Congress can weigh in.
Far side of the moon released by NASA
Far side of the moon released by NASA today. 🧪🔭