November 2023

Sean Hannity is trying to tilt the debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom toward DeSantis, but Newsom is still crushing DeSantis. Bo...

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is telling reporters that he thinks those who want him expelled have the votes to boot him from the House. Santos...

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is telling reporters that he thinks those who want him expelled have the votes to boot him from the House. Santos...

This is very much a book that needed to be written.  Here is one short excerpt: Powerlessness has become a defining feature of modern soci...

Even Pickles the dog gets to trade places in this movie directed by McG, but there are no revelations or bursts of originality here.

Trump and his adult kids were placed under advanced monitoring in his civil fraud trial after they didn’t disclose $40 million in transfers...

Trump and his adult kids were placed under advanced monitoring in his civil fraud trial after they didn’t disclose $40 million in transfers...

On today's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing the 2nd episode of my new podcast format "Podcast With Friends". Today'...

Yes, I do still favor it , but here is part of the problem, as I explain in my latest Bloomberg column : The simplest way for Argentina to...

According to Liz Cheney’s new book, Kevin McCarthy told her that Trump was depressed and not eating, so he went to Mar-a-Lago. Jake Tapper ...

Taking risks in life and business is important for growth. We all deserve to pursue something we love and care about. For some, taking the l...

I don’t believe this result will hold up, but I am happy to present the opposing point of view: This paper studies whether ChatGPT-4 with ...

We study the effect of legalization of same-sex marriage on coming out in the United States. We overcome data limitations by inferring comi...

The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of “The Unknown Country” (who’s better known for “Killers of...

The U.S. opioid crisis is now driven by fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that currently accounts for 90% of all opioid deaths. Fentany...

I liked these best: Lankum, False Lankum .  Claims to be Irish folk music, but has ambient textures and is designed to alienate its core au...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has announced that the Rules Committee has acted on a bipartisan resolution that will allow 350 ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has announced that the Rules Committee has acted on a bipartisan resolution that will allow 350 ...

Today's episode of the podcast is my keynote at the ITC Vegas event. There is a huge opportunity on social media, specifically LinkedIn,...

Maybe not: It is widely held that studying economics makes you more selfish and politically conservative. We use a difference-in-differenc...

We report the results of a forecasting experiment about a randomized controlled trial that was conducted in the field. The experiment asks ...

From Andrej Karpathy of Open AI. What else would you recommend to learn more about LLMs? The post The single best introduction to LLMs? a...

To me, this is @JMilei 's best speech so far, every sentence is a memorable quote! I cut and translated it so the international audien...

Intuition is a powerful tool that takes practice to fully unlock. The #1 way to get better at deploying intuition is by not shutting it down...

Argentina’s new president @JMilei explains the Cantillon Effect, or how printing money benefits the first receivers of money at the expens...

“In the US protocol you have to rehearse the entire process every four months….The French, they never rehearse. And their logic is that if ...

The anime master is a creature of habit who talks every day with his longtime producer, and keeps it more hands off with his regular compose...

A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film’s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through pain...

Social media is a science. when I think about what to post on any given day I get specific down to the minute of posting time. Today's v...

Wilders won resoundingly in the Netherlands, and polled much stronger after October 7.  Yesterday there were anti-immigrant riots in Dublin,...

Tyler Cowen, economist and blogger  I am thankful for being able to watch and to try to understand the procession of history before us. Th...

The author of this excellent book is Nancy Scheper-Hughes, and the subtitle is Mental Illness in Rural Ireland .  One of the most interestin...

He was a villain in “Lethal Weapon 2,” C.S. Lewis on TV in “Shadowlands” and Falstaff onstage in “Henry IV” — and had a cameo in a Pet Shop ...

Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.

Way too many of you ask me how do I get so many things done...It's by converting a lot of my 30-60 minute meetings into 15 minute meetin...

President Biden said that this Israel/Hamas hostage deal that his administration deserves credit for should bring home American hostages. P...

President Biden said that this Israel/Hamas hostage deal that his administration deserves credit for should bring home American hostages. P...

If you want to read his biography, or even see his horse, you can.

Inside the creation of one emperor’s famous headwear, as worn by Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s film.

Humility and admitting you don't know everything is crucial in your first 6 months at a company. In order to have a growth mindset, you ...

In the order I read them, more or less, rather than in the order of preference.  And behind the link usually you will find my earlier review...

These were my favorite fictional works from this year’s reading: Mircea Cartarescu, Solenoid .  About communist Romania, long, profound, a ...

Positivity matters. Understanding that positivity is rooted in practicality, not delusion, is a major factor in your happiness and success, ...

So far some of the main effects are quite egalitarian: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the potential to either complement kn...

Four picks from television, films and podcasts that show blood is not always thicker than water.

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column , written and edited by the way before…all that stuff happened at Open AI.  Here is one exce...

Maya Eden has a new paper on this topic, I believe it is forthcoming in Econometrica : In this paper, I consider two normative questions:...

House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that Comer’s impeachment investigation is embarrassing and flailing. ...

House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that Comer’s impeachment investigation is embarrassing and flailing. ...