Daniel Read
@danielread.bsky.social
Professor of Behavioural Science, University of Warwick.
Associate editor, Management Science
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Associate editor, Management Science
Google scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uhMoc_8AAAAJ&hl=en
Strategic Information Network: https://sites.google.com/view/strategicinf
You read the book?
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
You read the book?
It also depends on the PROBABILITY of the answer being correct or incorrect. The fact is that if you ask for answers from humans you would find the same effect -- incorrect answers would have the same confidence as correct ones.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
It also depends on the PROBABILITY of the answer being correct or incorrect. The fact is that if you ask for answers from humans you would find the same effect -- incorrect answers would have the same confidence as correct ones.
"Many of the jobs performed by immigrants are best understood as a kind of mirage. They exist only because immigrants are available to perform them."
Opinion | Trump Wants More Jobs for Americans. He’s Getting More Robots Instead.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
"Many of the jobs performed by immigrants are best understood as a kind of mirage. They exist only because immigrants are available to perform them."
I expect if we just left the ocean alone for 100 years there would be a lot more to discover.
During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I expect if we just left the ocean alone for 100 years there would be a lot more to discover.
The shift is: A lot fewer black and hispanic people in top schools. The power structure reasserts itself.
Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The shift is: A lot fewer black and hispanic people in top schools. The power structure reasserts itself.
Helen was from Troy?
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Helen was from Troy?
Amongst the curses of the world, how big a curse is the "out of office" email?
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Amongst the curses of the world, how big a curse is the "out of office" email?
Selection bias will be overwhelming for this one.
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Selection bias will be overwhelming for this one.
You just know that every word of this review is true.
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
You just know that every word of this review is true.
Strange headline. I don't believe anybody is questioning Amazon's motives.
Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Strange headline. I don't believe anybody is questioning Amazon's motives.
Thanks for the tip
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Thanks for the tip
Still is a "pretty good" grammar school. One of the best in the country.
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Still is a "pretty good" grammar school. One of the best in the country.
Like the days of Woody Guthrie.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Like the days of Woody Guthrie.
I very much want to see this
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I very much want to see this
Perhaps its like Murder on the Orient Express, with everyone having a hand in the text.
January 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Perhaps its like Murder on the Orient Express, with everyone having a hand in the text.
Thought this was just a joke when I saw the meme. Well or course it is in one sense, but nonetheless someone has written a book with this thesis. This will no doubt put the Shakespeare authorship "controversy" to rest for some time
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Thought this was just a joke when I saw the meme. Well or course it is in one sense, but nonetheless someone has written a book with this thesis. This will no doubt put the Shakespeare authorship "controversy" to rest for some time
I feel that we do not take enough cognizance of how Trump encouraged the Iranian protestors and promised help was on the way. What an incredible betrayal.
Trump Urges Antigovernment Protesters in Iran to ‘Take Over’
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I feel that we do not take enough cognizance of how Trump encouraged the Iranian protestors and promised help was on the way. What an incredible betrayal.
Resistance and obeisance
Philip Glass Withdraws From Kennedy Center, as Its Symphony Vows to Play On
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Resistance and obeisance
I don't understand why Trump/Amazon didn't just hire people to attend. They surely knew what would happen. Why spend all this money on a vanity project and not follow through?
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I don't understand why Trump/Amazon didn't just hire people to attend. They surely knew what would happen. Why spend all this money on a vanity project and not follow through?
Reposted by Daniel Read
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Every sentence of this article is embarrassing. And hilarious. It is the most Susan Alexander Kane thing that has ever happened.
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Every sentence of this article is embarrassing. And hilarious. It is the most Susan Alexander Kane thing that has ever happened.
Reposted by Daniel Read
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to join the "Peace Board" — but could not attend today’s signing ceremony as he’s wanted by the ICC for war crimes.
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to join the "Peace Board" — but could not attend today’s signing ceremony as he’s wanted by the ICC for war crimes.
Unfortunately does not seem like a compliment any more.
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Unfortunately does not seem like a compliment any more.
But a bit optimistic.
'Mr Arkadin' - Scorpion Scene
YouTube video by Peter Menard
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
But a bit optimistic.
This is great
Ben Jennings on the special relationship between Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – cartoon
The prime minister is maintaining his conciliatory tone, even as the US president’s actions threaten to tear the international order apart
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This is great