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I’ve finished Abram’s new book on competition. It is rewarding but hard. The most revealing passage is on page 288 after 100’s of pages of math. Abrams asks:

“Why have the aspects of [competition theory] been ignored?... A scientific approach to this question… is not possible, [but it may involve] the economics and sociology of the research environment.”

Makes me wonder if us theory folks need to focus less on the math and much more on the "economics and sociology of research environment".

This is the funniest thing I've read in ages. Also, mastodon is going to lose to bluesky because of lack of quotetweets infosec.exchange/@codinghorror

Now out in Perspectives on Psychological Science, our discussion on how changing the reward structure to reward the group, instead of individuals, might lead to better science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

Sociologists: Apply to work with me at McGill Sociology!

We are hiring TWO tenure-track lines this year, one in social demography and one in qualitative methods. I can't say enough good things about the department, and Montreal is an unbeatable place to live.

Demography: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/M

Qualitative: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/M

#sociology #sociologie #socjobs #academicjobs @sociology

Fantastic explainer on LLMss from Timothy B. Lee (@timlee) and Sean Trott.
understandingai.org/p/large-la

Highly recommend it if you want something that doesn't assume much technical expertise, but goes well beyond "LLMs just predict the next word".

It seems like Mastodon could use some more whimsy. To remedy that, here's a new song from my band. It's called Muffins, and it's about muffins. open.spotify.com/album/1GRP3Nh

☢️ a couple music-related posts

second one: "muffins," the first single from the new album by the small dinosaurs — the brainchild of @psmaldino

smalldinosaurs.bandcamp.com/al

songwhip.com/thesmalldinosaurs

what it is: absurdist indie rock. think: jonathan richman, early talking heads, etc. i think of it as children's music for adults

this song is literally about muffins

my involvement: produced / engineered / mixed / mastered

the whole record is 🏆

how good is this single artwork?

It seems like Mastodon could use some more whimsy. To remedy that, here's a new song from my band. It's called Muffins, and it's about muffins. open.spotify.com/album/1GRP3Nh

Rate Limit Exceeded would be a great album title. Alas, I’m not in a band anymore.

Majority of nation's spike in requests to ban books from libraries came from just 11 individuals.

Democracy, amirite?

washingtonpost.com/education/2

Hey look, you can now view (and download) the ToC and Chapter 1 from my forthcoming modeling book. This chapter provides something of a philosophical grounding before we get into the more technical weeds in the subsequent chapters.

press.princeton.edu/books/pape

Hey look, you can now view (and download) the ToC and Chapter 1 from my forthcoming modeling book. This chapter provides something of a philosophical grounding before we get into the more technical weeds in the subsequent chapters.

press.princeton.edu/books/pape

It is quite the thing to present whatever this is as a privacy feature.

Social Media personality Caryn Marjorie launched CarynAI, a GPT-4 powered chatbot version of herself that her fans can pay $1/minute to talk to

On the one hand: she’s on track to earn $5M this year

On the other hand: she’s had to flee her home and hire security because some fans are upset about the chatbot

washingtonpost.com/technology/

Minor life goal: solve NYT Saturday crossword in under 10 minutes. Closing in on it.

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