Random links
- Bias and ignorance in demographic perception
- "But if we zoom out ... instead of focusing only on a limited sample of hot-button topics within the U.S., a systematic pattern is glaringly obvious: small values are overestimated and large values are underestimated, regardless of topic."
- Culture and National Well-Being: Should Societies Emphasize Freedom or Constraint?
- "Contrary to proponents who tout the benefits of one over the other, we demonstrate across 32 nations that both freedom and constraint exhibit a curvilinear relationship with many indicators of societal well-being. Relative to moderate nations, very permissive and very constrained nations exhibit worse psychosocial outcomes ... worse health outcomes ... and poorer economic and political outcomes"
- To please your friends, tell them what they already know
- "both speakers and listeners expect novel stories to be bigger crowd pleasers, but ... listeners end up enjoying familiar stories more." This seems like a very dangerous strategy to follow in certain "social justice" oriented circles these days.