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Robin Hanson
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Let's skip witty repartee & position taking, & discuss enduring fundamental questions. (& my books: ageofem.com, elephantinthebrain.com)
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"she announced on her vlog that she was taking a break from Instagram because of what she saw as ‘online bullying’ in the knitting world. If she had any lingering doubt … the tsunami of denunciation that ensued probably cleared that up." unherd.com/2020/01/cast-o…
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"In experiments involving >4,200 subjects … motivated to be selfish make systematic decision errors of the kind generally attributed to cognitive limitations or behavioral biases. … errors are dramatically reduced when self-serving motives are removed." nber.org/papers/w26595.…
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"2 years after [private equity] buyout … employment rose 13% at target firms that were previously under private ownership & 10% in secondary buyouts. … [but] fell by 13% in buyouts of publicly listed firms & by 16% in buyouts of a division of a company" nber.org/papers/w26371
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Robin Hanson
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Many academic problems would be address well by splitting "good" scores into 3 scores on (1) surprising, (2) true, & (3) interesting. Alas elites probably wouldn't like their scores broken down this way, as this differs from image they like to project re relative weights on these
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No, not in response to anything but seeing this paper abstract.
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"vast storehouse of creativity and expertise in research universities that is largely untapped by civic and business leaders." Uh, w/ tenure, you can take initiative to help them, w/o their permission. Or is your complain that they aren't paying you? chronicle.com/article/Resear…
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Robin Hanson
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That has almost no chance of happening.
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Yes, I do. If we want humanity to continue long into the future, it will have to be via those who are willing to be parents.
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Over 60% don't have a college degree; that's plenty of folks to incentivize.
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"3 famous American movies where poor people are elevated … into the realm of the upper classes: My Man Godfrey … Million Pound Note … Trading Places. … As in … Parasite, the poor folks prove themselves adept at mimicking [rich] manners & customs." orangeraisin.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/par…
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I think so, yes.
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"speaking w/ a distinctive regional accent reduces wages by an amount that is comparable to the gender wage gap. We also find that workers w/ distinctive regional accents tend to sort away from occupations that demand high levels of face-to-face contact" nber.org/papers/w26719
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So fertility IS responsive to financial incentives. Thus the big question is: are we willing to scale those incentives up to high enough levels to substantially raise fertility?
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"Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend allows each full-time resident in Alaska, including infants born in the qualifying year, to receive a sizable dividend. … increased fertility and reduced the spacing between births, particularly for females … 20-44" nber.org/papers/w26712
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"an individual who chooses to work either less than 40 hours or more than 40 hours faces a wage penalty. As a consequence, individuals working typically 40 hours are not very [work hours] responsive to variation in productivity." nber.org/papers/w26722
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"reforms are penalized during contractions; liberalizing reforms undertaken in expansions are often rewarded. Voters seem to attribute current economic conditions to … reforms without fully internalizing the delay that it takes for reforms to bear fruit." nber.org/papers/w26720
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Robin Hanson
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I don't understand; what annoys you about the option to see results without contributing a response?
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And there's a way I'm NOT meta-contrarian.
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"right of 3 children … was a privilege rewarded to Roman citizens who had produced at least 3 children or freedmen of both sexes who had produced at least 4 children. … introduced … in 18 BC & 9 AD, … intended to increase the dwindling population of the Roman upper classes" twitter.com/Ashley_MSGr/st…
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I don't see the difference.
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