Will Deringer
Scholar of sophisters, economists, and calculators. Program in STS + HASTS PhD Program at MIT. Author of CALCULATED VALUES (Harvard UP 2018). "TILT" (2005) fan account.
- Honored and delighted by this recognition from @thenacbs.bsky.social! Article is open access! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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- The advance version of my article on "The 'Social Rate of Discount' and the Political Economy of the Future in Postwar America" is out in History of Political Economy! read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
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- Thrilled that Usha Lee McFarling (@usha.bsky.social) join MIT as the next Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program! Usha will succeed the inimitable Deborah Blum (@deborahb.bsky.social), who has elevated the KSJ in countless ways over the past decade. ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/05...
- Pleased to announce the search for the next Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT! Housed within MIT's STS Program, the KSJ seeks to advance science journalism in the public interest. Job link: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl... Full ad: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qwvvn...
- Beyond excited to share this article, ten years in the making. I think it’s the best work I’ve done. “Mr. Aecroid’s Tables: Economic Calculations and Social Customs in the Early Modern Countryside,” Jnl of Modern History Open Access! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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- Excited to present Friday at Minnesota in the Hist & Phil of Sci / Tech / Med Colloquium! I'll be talking discounting calculations, Irving Fisher, the economics of time, "New Thought," and the idealization of economics in the early 20c. Equal parts wonky and woo-woo. cse.umn.edu/hstm/fall-20...
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- When and why did the standard epithet for someone who overindulges in gambling become “degenerate”? Are others who are overcome by different vices described as degens?
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- Dutch Book arguments lose most of their power once you’ve seen how a four year old can both absolutely refuse to get into the bathtub and absolutely refuse to get out of the bathtub
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- The only good part of doing the dishes is finishing the last bites of salad with the big salad fork thing and pretending to be a giant
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- To departments and institutions that explicitly do not accept generic recommendation letters or recs from a dossier service: Why? (More directly: this is a terrible practice and you should stop it.)
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- First post is to say: If you or anyone you know is interested in a PhD program where they can explore the social, cultural, and historical dimensions of the technical worlds we inhabit, check out HASTS at MIT! We host a virtual visit day October 13. More info here! hasts.mit.edu/visiting/
