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Gavin Benke

@gavinbenke

Historian of capitalism and teacher of writing at BU. Author of Risk and Ruin: Enron and the Culture of American Capitalism.

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#twitterstorians - I've run across the term "culture bomb" in a doc from 1966. It refers to a supposedly emerging, homogenous world culture. Has anyone else come across this usage before? I'm looking, but am finding examples that refer to youth culture.

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Student: "The writing process itself really facilitates the development of my ideas. I found myself wasting a lot of time rewriting [GPT]... to get clarity... or nitpicking phrasing that didn’t align with my style. So I [dropped GPT and] just rewrote the analysis from scratch."

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ChatGPT came up with a great list of articles examining how the race for profits is overriding ethics in AI development -- in Wired and Forbes, in studies by RAND and the World Economic Forum. Only one problem: every article on the list is fake.

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This was usually part of my weekend when I lived in Texas. How has this become the culture war's battlefield and what would Gingrich rather we do?

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Now that SBF's trial has started and Michael Lewis has offered a somewhat sympathetic take, I'm reposting a piece I wrote for madebyhistory last Nov., about #FTX and why it's dangerous: washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

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My book, Capitalism and Individualism in America is 25% off through Routledge Books for Black Friday. Sale ends tonight. routledge.com/Capitalism-and…

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My book Capitalism and Individualism in America from Routledge Books is currently 30% off the list price. Use code 32RWPRHLR at check out. routledge.com/Capitalism-and…

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Boston: I’ll be playing with some great musicians this Saturday at the Donubt Villa as a part of the Arlington Jazz Fest. Come on out! arlingtonjazz.org/tonights-hang.…