Sarah O'Connor
Columnist, Reporter and Associate Editor at Financial Times
FT columnist, reporter & associate editor, writing about work, technology & economics. Opinions mine, not the FT's https://t.co/44DOXEaMOC
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Sarah O'Connor
To what extent should your employer be able to dictate where you can work after you quit? In recent years, policymakers in a range of countries have come up with the same answer: not as much as they do now. Their interest in this question has been prompted by academic research into what I call, “the economics of small print”.
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1 week ago |
expansion.com | Sarah O'Connor
Hacer ejercicio, aprender un idioma o tocar un instrumento ayudan. Cuando tenía veintitantos años, recuerdo haber leído un artículo de divulgación científica según el cual ya había superado mi máximo potencial cognitivo. Mi carrera acababa de comenzar y mi cerebro ya se encontraba en un proceso de declive inexorable. En aquel momento lo ignoré, pero, al cumplir los cuarenta, la idea me empezó a parecer deprimente.
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1 month ago |
ts.fi | Sarah O'Connor
© The Financial Times Limited 2025. All Rights Reserved. FT and Financial Times are trademarks of the Financial Times Ltd. Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way. Turun Sanomat is solely responsible for providing this translation and the Financial Times Limited does not accept any liability for the accuracy or quelity of the translation. Kuvittele koe, jossa yleisölle esitetään mies- ja naispuolisen taloustieteilijän sisällöltään identtiset näkemykset.
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1 month ago |
afr.com | Sarah O'Connor
Imagine an experiment in which the (otherwise identical) views of senior male or senior female economists are presented to the public. Which would you expect to be more persuasive? I think my first guess would be “neither”, in line with former British politician Michael Gove’s famous pronouncement during the Brexit campaign that people “have had enough of experts”. Loading... Financial Times
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1 month ago |
expansion.com | Sarah O'Connor
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To use the short-cut of generative AI effectively rather than mindlessly and uncritically, you need to know how to do the task without the short-cut. My column today is on how universities deal with students' embrace of AI https://t.co/okXyDMKZlh https://t.co/1mPAXN23jk
“The public don’t quite understand the subtle ways that automation affects their attention [but] it’s like giving people a sedative” - why expecting human drivers to vigilantly monitor partially-automated cars isn't a great idea https://t.co/y6hQ16X6fo
RT @tm_sharp: Where would you go to discuss decent work with such authoritative figures as @RachelReevesMP @thebigbogg @MichaelFordQC @Simm…
