Matthew Barnett

Jan 15, 2025 | lesswrong.com | Matthew Barnett

There is a view I’ve encountered fairly often, which can be summarized as follows: After the widespread deployment of advanced AGI, assuming humanity survives, material scarcity will largely disappear. Everyone will have sufficient access to necessities like food, housing, and other basic resources. Therefore, the only scarce resource remaining will be “status". As a result, the primary activity humans will engage in will be playing status games with other humans. I want to challenge this idea.

Nov 21, 2024 | thetech.com | Matthew Barnett

On November 15th, the NEWMAC conference released their Men’s Soccer postseason awards, which are determined by the conference’s 9 coaches following the regular season. Shikhar Motupally ’28 was named Rookie of the Year. Leading the MIT offense with 9 goals (tied for 2nd in the NEWMAC) and 7 assists (tied for 1st in the NEWMAC), Motupally made an instant impact in his first year of collegiate action. This season, three of his goals were game-winners, and he went 2-2 on penalty kicks.

Nov 21, 2024 | thetech.com | Matthew Barnett

On November 13th, the NEWMAC conference released their Field Hockey postseason awards. The awards are voted on by the league’s 10 coaches following the regular season. Despite falling short to Babson in the NEWMAC Championship, the Engineers still took home seven distinctions to cap off a productive 14-5 season. Freshman Drew Hussar was selected as the Co-Rookie of the Year, sharing the title with Babson’s Penny Baroni.

Nov 21, 2024 | thetech.com | Matthew Barnett

Over the weekend, the MIT Women’s Soccer Team hosted games for the first two rounds of the NCAA D-III Women’s Soccer Tournament at Steinbrenner Stadium. MIT won their Round of 64 match 3-1 over SUNY Geneseo, but ultimately fell short to Colby 0-2, knocking them out of the tournament and into the offseason. Barnouw Scores 2 in 2 Minutes to Lead MIT Past SUNY Geneseo, 3-1. In their Round of 64 match of the NCAA Tournament, MIT faced off against SUNY Geneseo (Geneseo, NY).

Nov 21, 2024 | thetech.com | Matthew Barnett

On November 14, the NEWMAC conference released its Women’s Soccer postseason awards. Voted on by the league’s 12 coaches following the regular season, MIT earned numerous accolades following their largely successful 20-1-1 year. Senior midfielder Natalie Barnouw was voted NEWMAC Athlete of the Year, leading the NEWMAC with 11 goals and 26 points. She scored 4 game-winning goals this season, and played a large role in leading the team to their second-straight NEWMAC title.