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New TED talk explains my field

Nathan, what do you do?

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Nathan Young
Jun 12, 2026

Most of my friends don’t understand what I do. If you’d like to there is a 25 minute TED talk (17” at 1.5x speed) which explains it really well. It’s got Keith and Jay, from the X Community Notes team, who I have done work with (but I do not work for X).

I am trying to advance the technology described in this video.

Happy to answer questions. If I am a world-class expert on anything, it’s this1.

https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_coleman_jay_baxter_how_community_notes_reduce_viral_misinformation

Keith Coleman, Jay Baxter. Two people I have a lot of respect for.
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Or forecasting. Or ‘being me’ or some other silly answer.


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