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Mohammad Akbarpour

akbarpour_

Accepted in Econometrica, Redistribution through Markets (with awesome coauthors, @skominers and Piotr Dworczak).Link: https://stanford.io/3gJQxbT We have multiple takes on how to present this, with no optimal one. Here's one take,

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I should be qualified to comment on the covid-19 pandemic. I'm a computational/system biologist working on infectious diseases and have spent five years in a world class 'pandemic response modelling'

Vineet Pandya

vineeetpandya

As content creation becomes more and more accessible, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking of it as a zero-sum, winner-takes-it-all game. This mindset is discouraging for

The War Father

TheWarFather

How do you overcome loss, heartache, disappointment, or failure?I don’t have the answers. But here is my insight.A thread. Life is hard. It throws curve balls. If you were living

Bryce Weiner

BryceWeiner

Okay. New thread just to explain this.Buckle the fuck uphttps://twitter.com/amai_zeg/status/1345295747529531392 Ignoring trend analysis, there are 3 non-theories which govern the narrative of S2F1) Misapplication of Metcalfe's Law2) Ste

Omnipotent Moral Busybody

OBusybody

1/13 Universal lockdowns are bad policyHere are 12 articles, since April, that provide a sample of the evidence available, indicating lockdowns are not a key intervention in preventing the harms

Mostly Borrowed Ideas

borrowed_ideas

1/ MEGA THREAD: Long $ISRGISRG has been an incredible compounder ever since its IPO back in 2000. It's a pure-play in robotic surgery. Robotic surgery penetration is still just ~2.5%

Ilan Gur

IlanGur

I've built up an arsenal of geeky metaphors to help scientists make sense of startups and entrepreneurship. Figured it might make for a fun to share a few here... /1

Dave Ederer 🦔

DaveEderer

So would BeltLine rail get people where they want to go quickly and conveniently?No. Why? It’s a circular line with a few connections to other lines. Instead of quoting models,

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

Vice Signaling: nobody sane wants to listen to politicians, professors, movie stars, rappers, tech billionaires & journalists testify to their own moral superiority over the rest of us mortals who

Steve Matthews

SteveMatthews12

There was a ton of Fedspeak this week, most of which I listened to, some I missed. Of course, the Humphrey Hawkins testimony by Chairman Powell was the most important,

Katy Ingraham

KatyIngraham

Small Business owners: If lockdown is an inevitability, when do you want to lockdown? Now? Two weeks before Christmas? This sucks! COVID sucks but what is our role in getting

Ben Rabidoux

BenRabidoux

1/ A thread here on where I think housing is going as we head into the spring. As I said in a prev tweet, I think we'll see 20% y/y

el gato malo

boriquagato

one of the key questions today is "does social distancing work to stop covid deaths?"i've done a lot of work on this in recent months.the answer looks to be an

Ben Mitchell

OhBendy

It's quite instructive looking at fonts with problems! I see the same mistakes when Latin-accustomed designers tackle Southeast Asian scripts. Here are the main ones... 1. In Latin, we make

Tyler Olsen

ty_olsen

Why so many cases in Surrey? Here's one BIG reason:In Surrey, 18% of all households have 5 or more people.Across BC that number is just 8%.That's huge and a big

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