#Economics

Jorge Peña

jorgeapenas

1/6 This talk is about a recent paper (@ASNAmNat 2020 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/707016?journalCode=an) with microeconomist G Nöldeke (https://wwz.unibas.ch/en/prof-dr-georg-noeldeke/) and marine biologist O Puebla (

David Roberts

drvolts

It's Friday afternoon, no one's reading Twitter, so it's a good time for a THREAD. I wanna try to capture some recent thoughts I've been having & figure out if

Adam Kranz

adam_kranz

A proper framing of "design" in terms of cultural evolution is primarily an academic question, but it also has political implications.https://twitter.com/adam_kranz/status/1271921000695898119 As @Evolving_Moloch summarizes in this

swarnim bharat

a_sandhan

This thread will be very important guide for the future.Written many times on the subject. Many will find them repetitive.Bringing earlier predictions n solution at one place plus looking what

Tinashe M

baba_nyenyedzi

Thread1/The value of Information in EconomicsA most egregious & patently false allegation was made by Zanu PF as it pertains to Old Mutual Implied Rate ( OMIR). Old Mutual was

Simon Wardley

swardley

Contextual blindness - the tendency for members of the privileged to think that something other than luck was responsible for their position and privilege ->https://twitter.com/indiyoung/status/1338623809939779584 X : Why random?Me :

Future American Refugee

futureusrefugee

By popular demand, a thread about the economics of the comic book market: Prior to the 1980s, comic books were primarily sold in drug stores and grocery stores. During this

John Lee

koreanforeigner

These two arguments that were made about the $15 minimum wage are both spectacularly wrong. There are plenty of arguments that can be made against raising the minimum wage, and

Emin Gün Sirer

el33th4xor

Crypto is witnessing a watershed moment. For the first time, it is being considered an enduring, fundamentally new asset class by mainstream.#Bitcoin is leading the rally right now, with

David Liu

thedak

I love my industry but came across a bit of a realization today. When a new medium is created, it’s exciting and generally ultra inclusive. Until it isn’t. /1 Early

Matt Primeaux

mattprimeaux

1/ I'm incredibly bored — so at the risk of sounding like a broken record on this topic and knowing most of y'all have heard this time and again, here's

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

Education is the foundation of a properly functioning society. So when we have a large scale problem, education is our "go to" tool. Without a doubt, epidemiologists have proven to

j fernandes

westhighlandrim

The way the early Americas are erased by the new AP World History curriculum is really something. Course starts with a 14 section unit spanning 1200-1450 ce. Everywhere except the

Lily Einhorn

madewithstring

Ok. I’m trying to be hopeful and optimistic. I’m on the Freelance Task Force and I intend to do what I can to open conversations within the industry and beyond

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In my book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" I point out that the claims for Big Tech powers of behavior modification powers emanate from the companies' own self-serving boasts pitched

Andreas Klinger ✌️

andreasklinger

Lots of new fundsFew quick predictions1)Startups and VCs will switch rolesVCs are now newbiesFounders are the kingsVCs pitch now foundersVCs panic while they look for product-market fit 2)Funds have hundreds

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