#Tradeoffs

Matt Brown 😀

statomattic

Perhaps fittingly, that one doctor has made one metric (eliminating COVID) the only factor that matters. Any side effects of mitigation efforts (lost jobs, drug addiction, suicides, kids out of

Matt McCaffrey

libertarianpprs

Thread: Valve has long been a poster child for flat, "bossless" firms, but the company's legendary secrecy has made it difficult to know if and how its unique system of

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

What has happened to give presumably smart people the confidence to tweet an opinion on School Reopening without a proper analysisLet's review what it would take to even HAVE a

Ed MD

notdred

A thread on vaccine efficacy and why you should get whichever vaccine you're able to access, without stressing about "70% efficacy" or "95% efficacy". 1/10 "Vaccine efficacy" in these phase

Glacier National Park

GlacierNPS

Why do some trees drop their leaves every fall (deciduous), while others hold onto their leaves year-round (evergreen)?(thread) There are tradeoffs between the two strategies. In the winter, leaves are

hannah anderson

sometimesalight

Watched #TheQueensGambit & it reminded me of all the smart girl fiction I consumed growing up: heroines like Anne of Green Gables, Lizzie Bennett, Nancy Drew, etc. Obviously, Beth Harmon's

Luke Hartig

LukeHartig

On the anniversary of 9/11, we mourn the losses of that day. We’re also reminded that we remain locked in overseas war nearly two decades later. In @just_security I offer

RAC

RAC

I wanna preface this thread by saying that ultimately all that matters is the end result and the path you took to get there. Computers have opened up a whole

Chris Yiu

clry2

We have to get our schools open again. An extended hiatus is a tragedy for children, especially the most disadvantaged. It's also emotionally exhausting for families, and blocks parents returning

Glen Peters

Peters_Glen

1/ "the availability of BECCS proved critical to the cost-efficiency, & indeed the theoretical possibility, of these deep mitigation scenarios, leading to systemic inclusion of BECCS in RCP2.6 scenarios" says

Martin Erlić 🇭🇷

SeloSlav

Unpopular opinion time.This is a good policy.The logic is pretty simple. All wage workers are also consumers.https://twitter.com/FT/status/1354661769294319616 People erroneously jump to the basic conclusion that wage floors *always* result

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The debate about how to respond to the #COVID19 pandemic is often framed as a scientific, or a scientific/economic problem. I do not believe it really is. Instead, it is

Carrie E. Fry, PhD

cefry437

Are you a health or education policy researcher? Health economist? Clinical epidemiologist? Do you analyze two-group/two-time-period (quasi-experimental) studies? If so, then this methods thread is for you! 1/ Inspired by

Josh Constine - SignalFire

JoshConstine

I asked 6 moderation experts to debate the tradeoffs of deplatforming Trump.The conclusion? Banishing him to fringe apps makes his extremist followers tougher to trackBut the bigger threat is on

Chana

ChanaMessinger

The best thing I've read about Glen Weyl and Scott Alexander's back and forth was this *excellent* critique of Weyl from Devin Kalish, someone who likes both him and Scott,

Ha Nguyen

pokergirlha

I don't know about you, but I useful frameworks. :)I've distilled quite a few frameworks during my 16 years as a product leader at 5 companies in Silicon Valley

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