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American Economic History Midterm This Friday!

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality • 199 implied HN points • 20 Feb 25
🚌 Education Academic History Economics Lectures
  1. The midterm exam will focus on the readings, so doing them is key to doing well. It's designed to be easy if you're prepared.
  2. The course looks at American economic history through various significant episodes instead of a continuous timeline. This approach highlights important events and their impacts.
  3. Upcoming weeks will cover topics like immigration, feminism, and the rise of Silicon Valley. Each week connects historical discussions to current economic issues.

"Can you tweet my paper" vs. "Here are some edits, no need to add me"

Sensible Medicine • 3360 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Medicine Academic Training Selflessness Reputation
  1. There are two types of people in medicine: those who seek promotion and those who selflessly help with edits.
  2. In academic medicine, it's important to distinguish between those who want you to promote their work and those who genuinely help you improve yours.
  3. Trainees in medicine should surround themselves with people willing to offer constructive feedback without expecting credit.

Top Links 549 Markets holding their breath. BBQ and shale productivity. Liberal academia & the Space Force.

Chartbook • 400 implied HN points • 02 Nov 24
💰 Finance Markets Economics Productivity Academic Space
  1. Markets seem to be very tense right now. People are watching closely for changes and updates.
  2. BBQ and shale productivity are highlighted as important topics. These areas are crucial in economic discussions.
  3. There's a mention of the intersection between liberal academia and the Space Force. This could spark interesting debates and insights.

The Transcult: II

Not On Your Team, But Always Fair • 943 implied HN points • 02 Aug 23
🎭️ Culture Feminism Academic Marxism Activism Identity
  1. Feminism and academic feminism played a major role in rejecting evolution, a key component for the Transcult.
  2. The Transcult leverages historical treatment of homosexuals to push its agenda and can be monetized as a 'consumerist civil rights' cause.
  3. The Transcult's emergence is a mix of social contagion, intense sexualization, and a contradictory relationship with feminism.
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ONE SLIDE: Working on the Summary Review Materials for Econ 135: History of Economic Growth: The Post-1870 MEG-Economy

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality • 61 implied HN points • 25 Nov 24
🚌 Education Economics Academic Growth History Teaching
  1. Most economic activity in history happened after 1870. This shows how rapidly the economy can grow in a short time.
  2. Students should have a simple, useful summary of post-1870 economic growth. This will help them during exams and in their future understanding.
  3. The summary should include both political-economic and technical aspects. It's important to see how these areas work together in shaping the economy.

The AI research job market shit show (and my experience)

Democratizing Automation • 577 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Job Market Research Interview Academic
  1. Finding a fulfilling job in AI research is challenging despite numerous opportunities available.
  2. Investment in GenAI is causing significant upheaval in the job market, leading to scarcity of skilled individuals.
  3. Many AI companies prioritize hiring researchers to drive the transition from concept to product, resulting in high compensation and competition for talent.

Cross-Promotion

Dreams in the Which House • 176 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
🎙 Podcasts Episodes Academic Newsletter
  1. New podcast 'In Bed With The Right' focuses on conservative ideas about gender and sexuality.
  2. Author writes a new column for 'WOZ: Die Wochenzeitung' discussing topics like swimming pools in the US.
  3. Author's academic article on Helene von Druskowitz and Hegelianism is now accessible despite previous paywall issues.

When Mainstream Success Trumps Scholarly Integrity: The Frustrating Case of Frank Dikötter

Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones • 137 implied HN points • 18 May 23
🎭️ Culture History Academic Book Reviews Historiography
  1. Frank Dikötter's works have faced lukewarm feedback from academic peers in Chinese history.
  2. Despite popular success, Dikötter's writing style tends to rely on shocking anecdotes rather than thorough analysis.
  3. Scholarly reviewers have criticized Dikötter for bias, lack of rigor, and ignoring contrary evidence.

Introducing the ScholarAI plugin for ChatGPT: Instant access to peer-reviewed articles with citations

Culture and Growth • 117 implied HN points • 12 May 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Research Plugins Academic
  1. ChatGPT may provide plausible answers, but they sometimes lack factual foundation from verified sources.
  2. ScholarAI plugin integrates peer-reviewed articles to provide accurate information and citations within ChatGPT.
  3. Users can access a wide range of academic articles and directly follow hyperlinks to the source material through ScholarAI.

BREAKING: HBS professor placed on "administrative leave" following bombshell investigation into fake data

Karlstack • 337 implied HN points • 17 Jun 23
📰 News Investigation Academic Fraud Publication
  1. HBS professor under investigation for fake data is placed on administrative leave and faces paper retractions
  2. Investigation team of academics uncovered evidence of fraud and requested retraction of papers
  3. Fraudulent papers are likely to be extensive, with at least four retractions and potential for more

Biases Against Risky Research

New Things Under the Sun • 224 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23
🔬 Science Research Bias Funding Academic
  1. Scientific institutions may be risk-averse and favor safe and incremental projects over transformative ones.
  2. Individual reviewers and averaging peer review scores may bias against high-risk, high-reward research proposals.
  3. In grant review processes, negative feedback tends to be more influential than positive feedback, leading to potential bias against novel research.

Coase GPT

Knowledge Problem • 58 implied HN points • 06 Apr 23
🚌 Education Research Academic Interdisciplinary Analysis Theory
  1. Large language models like ChatGPT and Google Bard struggle with interpreting academic research questions accurately.
  2. Coase's analysis in 'The Problem of Social Cost' emphasizes the importance of well-defined property rights and bargaining in resolving externalities.
  3. Specific, focused queries help improve the accuracy of responses from large language models.

Platform Papers 2022 Year in Review

Platform Papers • 59 implied HN points • 29 Dec 22
🕹 Technology Research Academic Platforms Competition Regulation
  1. In 2022, there was a record number of academic papers published on platform competition, with a significant increase in marketing-related research.
  2. The research themes in platform competition covered ecosystem governance, network effects, heterogeneity within platforms, and corporate scope.
  3. Academic articles highlighted topics such as differential revenue sharing, collective governance, positive demand spillover, local network effects, and decentralized platform governance.

A user researcher's guide to secondary research

UX Psychology • 99 implied HN points • 04 Feb 22
🕹 Technology Research Academic Data Collection
  1. Secondary research involves using existing data to answer research questions rather than gathering new data directly. It helps deepen understanding of the problem space and can save time by guiding primary research.
  2. Conducting secondary research starts by defining the research question, identifying potential sources, evaluating source reliability, conducting the search, and creating a report or summary. This process is crucial for gathering reliable information.
  3. Using academic principles like literature review can enhance the quality of secondary research in UX projects, helping to shape research questions and hypotheses based on existing knowledge.

ScholarAI Celebrates 6 Million Requests, and What's Next

Culture and Growth • 1 HN point • 01 Jun 23
🕹 Technology AI Research ChatGPT Academic
  1. ScholarAI and its plugin have reached 6 million requests in under three weeks, showing strong market interest in AI's potential in academic research.
  2. The ScholarAI plugin offers valuable access to scientific literature and has been widely used by researchers, students, and professionals across various fields.
  3. Introducing the ScholarAI Contact Form allows users to provide feedback, suggest features, and report issues to further enhance the tool's utility and user experience.

Coming soon...

Platform Papers • 0 implied HN points • 30 Dec 21
🕹 Technology Research Digital Platforms Big Tech Academic Platform Competition
  1. Platformpapers will start publishing monthly blog posts in 2022 covering the latest academic research on digital platforms and big tech
  2. The posts will summarize and contextualize articles from the platform papers references database to make the research more accessible to a wider audience
  3. The goal is to engage individuals interested in platforms such as scholars, students, managers, creators, and policy makers

Lepores missing cites

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 23 May 16
💼 Business Books Criticism Literature Research Academic
  1. The author's book on disruption was not anchored with Jill Lepore's criticisms because many others had already tackled those points previously.
  2. The author aimed to rise above issues of personality and focus on ideas and evidence in the book rather than getting involved in other matters like personalities.
  3. The author brought together various academic literature on disruption to create the book.