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Ben Ho

The Academic Minute

Investigating Breast Cancer

Real Pink

Reach Australia Podcast

DAWN Cast

Karen Anderson

Jessica Flanigan

James Madison

Sanya Carley

Aaron Nelson

Ken McLeod

Aaron Boyd

Ashley Fox

Titus O'Neil

Adam Frank

John Fisher

Jamie Jones

Sarah Jones

Rob K

Theodore Roosevelt

OwlTail

Ben Ho runs a Brisbane church particularly focussed on reaching international students.  reachaustralia.com.au

Ben Ho runs a Brisbane church particularly focussed on reaching international students.  <a href="https://reachaustralia.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reachaustralia.com.au</a>

7.9 Reach International Students (Ben Ho)

Ben Ho, Associate Professor of Economics, November 2019Photo credit: Karl Rabe/Vassar College How do we gain trust in one another? Ben Ho, associate professor of economics at Vassar College, delves into this question. Ben Ho is an associate professor of behavioral economics at Vassar College who applies economic tools like game theory and experimental design to understand social systems such as apologies, identity, fairness and attitudes about climate change. Before Vassar, he taught MBA students at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. Professor Ho was also lead energy economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and has worked and consulted for Morgan Stanley and several tech startups. Professor Ho also teaches at Columbia University where he is a faculty affiliate for the Center for Global Energy Policy. His work has been featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Ho holds seven degrees from Stanford and MIT in economics, education, political science, math, computer science and electrical engineering. Why Trust Matters https://academicminute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-16-21-Vassar-Why-Trust-Matters.mp3  Why do babies laugh before they walk? Most mammals are born knowing how to walk but the laughs and giggles of human newborns will delight sleep deprived parents long before the babies learn locomotion. One answer is that humans use laughter to build trust, and trust is fundamental to what makes us human.  Humans laugh at the unexpected. This explains peekaboo. A baby forgets a person is there when they can no longer see the person’s face, and thus they laugh with unexpected delight the instant mom or dad shows up again. We laugh at things that defy expectations. We laugh at jokes that violate shared norms. Therefore, when we meet somebody that laughs at the same things we do, they likely had the same cultural expectations, and shared the same norms. Effectively, we have met somebody that we can trust. Nature has embedded a way to gain trust in our biology because trust is so essential to cooperation. We accomplish more working together than alone. But cooperation entails risk, and overcoming risk requires trust. But mechanisms like laughter only really work within small communities. To extend trust to larger groups, humans built new institutions based on religions and around markets and the rule of law. Today trust permeates the economy from the banks that hold our money, to our relationships at work, to the brands we buy. Some of the most important recent innovations, the sharing economy, e-commerce, blockchain were all based on ideas built around trust. We once scoffed at the idea of sharing a stranger’s car or even their house, yet today all that seems normal. The biggest problems our world faces, pandemics, global climate change, all require cooperation and trust at a global scale. Going forward, trust will only become even more central to being human.

Ben Ho, Associate Professor of Economics, November 2019 Photo credit: Karl Rabe/Vassar College How do we gain trust in one another? <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/beho/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Ho</a>, associate professor of economics at <a href="http://vassar.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vassar College</a>, delves into this question. Ben Ho is an associate professor of behavioral economics at Vassar College who applies economic tools like game theory and experimental design to understand social systems such as apologies, identity, fairness and attitudes about climate change. Before Vassar, he taught MBA students at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. Professor Ho was also lead energy economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and has worked and consulted for Morgan Stanley and several tech startups. Professor Ho also teaches at Columbia University where he is a faculty affiliate for the Center for Global Energy Policy. His work has been featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Ho holds seven degrees from Stanford and MIT in economics, education, political science, math, computer science and electrical engineering. <h2>Why Trust Matters</h2> <a href="https://academicminute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-16-21-Vassar-Why-Trust-Matters.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://academicminute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/03-16-21-Vassar-Why-Trust-Matters.mp3</a> <h2></h2> Why do babies laugh before they walk? Most mammals are born knowing how to walk but the laughs and giggles of human newborns will delight sleep deprived parents long before the babies learn locomotion. One answer is that humans use laughter to build trust, and trust is fundamental to what makes us human. Humans laugh at the unexpected. This explains peekaboo. A baby forgets a person is there when they can no longer see the person’s face, and thus they laugh with unexpected delight the instant mom or dad shows up again. We laugh at things that defy expectations. We laugh at jokes that violate shared norms. Therefore, when we meet somebody that laughs at the same things we do, they likely had the same cultural expectations, and shared the same norms. Effectively, we have met somebody that we can trust. Nature has embedded a way to gain trust in our biology because trust is so essential to cooperation. We accomplish more working together than alone. But cooperation entails risk, and overcoming risk requires trust. But mechanisms like laughter only really work within small communities. To extend trust to larger groups, humans built new institutions based on religions and around markets and the rule of law. Today trust permeates the economy from the banks that hold our money, to our relationships at work, to the brands we buy. Some of the most important recent innovations, the sharing economy, e-commerce, blockchain were all based on ideas built around trust. We once scoffed at the idea of sharing a stranger’s car or even their house, yet today all that seems normal. The biggest problems our world faces, pandemics, global climate change, all require cooperation and trust at a global scale. Going forward, trust will only become even more central to being human.

Ben Ho, Vassar College – Why Trust Matters

This week on Real Pink we are hosting daily conversations about metastatic breast cancer (MBC) as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the US alone, MBC is expected to kill 42,000 people. To turn MBC awareness into action, visit: https://mbc.komen.org/ and contact your local lawmakers by texting "MBC" to 40649. On this special episode, Dr. Ben Ho Park joins the podcast to discuss exciting treatments extending the lives of MBC patients. Special Guest: Dr. Ben Ho Park.Sponsored By:Merck: Merck is on a mission is to deliver innovations that extend and improve the lives of people with cancer.Eli Lilly: The More for MBC Facebook page is a Lilly-owned page that aims to provide people living with metastatic breast cancer a platform to engage.

This week on Real Pink we are hosting daily conversations about metastatic breast cancer (MBC) as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the US alone, MBC is expected to kill 42,000 people. To turn MBC awareness into action, visit: <a href="https://mbc.komen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mbc.komen.org/</a> and contact your local lawmakers by texting "MBC" to 40649. On this special episode, Dr. Ben Ho Park joins the podcast to discuss exciting treatments extending the lives of MBC patients. Special Guest: Dr. Ben Ho Park.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://www.merck.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Merck</a>: <a href="https://www.merck.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Merck is on a mission is to deliver innovations that extend and improve the lives of people with cancer. </a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/moreformbc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eli Lilly</a>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/moreformbc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The More for MBC Facebook page is a Lilly-owned page that aims to provide people living with metastatic breast cancer a platform to engage.</a></li></ul>

Future of MBC Therapy - Hope for Better Treatment with Dr. Ben Ho Park

How does cancer grow? Why do some cancers react positively to treatment while others seem to resist? Understanding these relationships, the genetic events and cell-to-cell interactions that lead to cancer, not only can provide better understanding of how cancer develops, but also drive potential new targets for drug development. Understanding these relationships also essential to the incredible work being done by Dr. Ben Ho Park. Dr. Park was recently appointed as co-leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program, Associate Director for Translational Research, and Director of Precision Oncology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. He's been a BCRF investigator since 2008, and as you'll hear at the top, he also has a unique creative talent that surely won't directly lead to solving breast cancer, but it does to seem to make his lab an engaging and fun place to work. And who knows, perhaps in some way that creative culture is part of what inspires Dr. Park's creative research approaches.

How does cancer grow? Why do some cancers react positively to treatment while others seem to resist? Understanding these relationships, the genetic events and cell-to-cell interactions that lead to cancer, not only can provide better understanding of how cancer develops, but also drive potential new targets for drug development. Understanding these relationships also essential to the incredible work being done by Dr. Ben Ho Park. Dr. Park was recently appointed as co-leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program, Associate Director for Translational Research, and Director of Precision Oncology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. He's been a BCRF investigator since 2008, and as you'll hear at the top, he also has a unique creative talent that surely won't directly lead to solving breast cancer, but it does to seem to make his lab an engaging and fun place to work. And who knows, perhaps in some way that creative culture is part of what inspires Dr. Park's creative research approaches.