Classic negativity bias, affected by the news. UK version of this here: ourworldindata.org/optimism-and-p…

Absolutely right. guidedcivicrevival.substack.com/p/how-polariza…

The NYU Social Psychology Program is looking for people passing through New York next year who want to share their research in our Speaker Series.

We welcome self-nominations and scholars from all career stages. Just add your info in this form:
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NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

I applaud that editor. I believe there is a bias in editorial decisions in econ journals in favor of papers that “look hard” to produce. Degree of difficulty should be used to judge gymnastics and figure skating, not scientific contributions.

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Wrote for The Conversation U.S. about public safety power shutoffs after what many of us in Colorado experienced recently. The article is written for a lay-person audience to help explain why these events happen, the multiple objectives, and how we can improve:

theconversation.com/colorado-is-la…

We’re so divided we’re blinded.

Thanks to Jim VandeHei for explaining why so well in this piece.

And #staycurious ! That’s what it takes to see reality at all.

axios.com/2024/04/09/ame…