Julie Posselt: How Graduate Admissions really works

Julie's work explores how Graduate Admissions really works in the United States I have been following Julie Posselt for some time, particularly because of her observational studies and insights into US higher education. Along with recent books like "The Tyranny of Merit" by Michael Sandel and "The Meritocracy Trap" by Daniel Markovits, her book "Inside … Continue reading Julie Posselt: How Graduate Admissions really works

Don’t get too comfortable: Story of Balearic Islands cave goat

Balearic Islands cave goat had no predators for many generations of their evolution that their eyes moved from the side of their heads to forward-facing. The species had gone extinct when new stressors showed up (predators, humans, and others). I was thinking recently about the social and business versions of this goat. Companies like Kodak, … Continue reading Don’t get too comfortable: Story of Balearic Islands cave goat

Difference between Ecological Psychology and Ecological rationality

This is a twitter thread on the difference between Ecological Psychology, which is often identified with Gibson, and Ecological rationality approach, which is developed primarily by people like Gerd Gigerenzer as a response to Heuristics and Bias perspective on human decision making. https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1325752522158428160?s=20 https://twitter.com/filosofemas/status/1325767220862083072?s=20 https://twitter.com/RoopeKaaronen/status/1325767951971196928?s=20 https://twitter.com/RoopeKaaronen/status/1325768212953313280?s=20

Kishore Mahbubani talks about his book “Has China Won?”

Three things which i find interesting about this interview: American decline after Ronald Reagan era structural change: Half the American population have a declining standard of living since 1989 . US at the same time is living under the delusional ideological certainty (American Exceptionalism) that when a thriving democracy takes-on a geopolitical struggle against a … Continue reading Kishore Mahbubani talks about his book “Has China Won?”

Self-Control, Marshmallow, Replication Crisis

Your fate cannot be determined solely by a test of your ability at age 5 to resist the temptation of one marshmallow for 15 minutes to get two marshmallows( Article) https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1303218012720308227?s=20

Twitter thread about Social science methods

I think contribution from social science is mostly incremental. Cross pollination of methods from pure sciences formed the foundation for many methodological development. Here is a thread. https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300125741384785920?s=20 https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300129924221526016?s=20 https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300131087373316096?s=20 https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300131754242531328?s=20 https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300132687802376192?s=20 https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1300133797829120000?s=20

Should policy makers listen to business. Where should we draw the boundary ?

Business community is sometimes the most short sighted pressure group you can see anywhere in the world. This is not because they are stupid, but because their default propensity is to optimize the present, it's anti delayed gratification, anti Sustainable development, anti Human development etc. Every country (or state) ever succeeded in the world has … Continue reading Should policy makers listen to business. Where should we draw the boundary ?

Immigrants and Socio-economic status: Thread

When we talk about immigrants I really like to dig one more layer with things like; # Socio-economic status. # Familial socialism as a unit of observation.# Cultural background. Eg. Most Indian founders are higher caste, # Enormous familial scaffolding(kind of powerful Familial socialism),etc. https://twitter.com/johnywrites/status/1297333541546520576?s=20 While US elites are romanticizing about Immigrants, they practically pay … Continue reading Immigrants and Socio-economic status: Thread