Why did so many hunter gatherer groups around the world nearly-simultaneously and in an unconnected way develop agriculture?
This has been a kinda problematic question in human prehistory.
It may have been solved... by an economist?
Studying the economics of... Earth's orbit?
I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵
I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵
Fascinating new @TheIFS paper finds that the closure of 70% of police stations in London was not cost effective and led to higher crime levels, with particularly negative impacts on the poor
ifs.org.uk/sites/default/…
The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 is the subject of Terra Nullius this week. It’s the story of how two miners fooled America and made millions in the process.
terranullius.world/p/the-great-di…
TIL that marble bust at Stripe Sessions was made @Monumental_Labs, which builds "AI-enabled robotic stone carving factories to unleash a renaissance"
Pricing is 85% less than hand-carved:
Life-sized bust: $6k
Life-sized figure: $32k
Monumental Figure: $95k
Excited to be offering @ESRC grants of £280k to £800k for work using AI-powered research tools to address major social or economic issues.
The funding can be used for research, methodological development, and research infrastructure.
Find out more here:
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If you're 18-22 years old, consider applying for Works in Progress's summer school in August.
It features @salonium@antonhowes@StuartJRitchie, and others, on topics like the causes of the Industrial Revolution and the dysfunctions of modern science.
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Today we've launched our new strategy for 2024-29
Setting out our goals for achieving our vision of a world in which statistics and data are at the heart of understanding and decision-making
You can read about our priorities for 2024 too
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The top ten academic papers across all academic fields that are cited in policy documents.
Which field do you think dominates?
nature.com/articles/d4158…
There are many good uses for AIs in social science research, but also many clear cases when they are inappropriate as well.
This paper shows how LLMs struggle with portraying complex individual identities (like race or gender), suggesting important limitations for research use.
From 1840 to 1850, private Britons cumulatively invested 40% of British GDP into the country’s first rail network
Does anyone else find it weird how nobody ever writes about this? This would be the equivalent of US VCs spending like, $10 trillion dollars on a single thing today
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We are launching a new yearly conf. We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics related to public sector and institutions. Check out the call👇and join us in Rome! Stellar keynotes by @raffasadun and @jan_eeckhoutbancaditalia.it/media/notizia/…
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