Scott Kominers
@skominers.bsky.social
Market Design/Entrepreneurship Economist • Harvard
Research Partner • a16z crypto
Editor • Review of Economics and Statistics
Puzzle writer & NFT enthusiast, QED | http://scottkom.com/
Research Partner • a16z crypto
Editor • Review of Economics and Statistics
Puzzle writer & NFT enthusiast, QED | http://scottkom.com/
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Violence is never the answer.
September 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Violence is never the answer.
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Promising results from McMaster's Phase 1 inhaled Aerovax Covid vaccine trial 💉
The vaccine safely produced respiratory mucosal immunity (trial didn't assess ability to prevent infections - later phase trials may do this)
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
The vaccine safely produced respiratory mucosal immunity (trial didn't assess ability to prevent infections - later phase trials may do this)
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
Promising results from Phase 1 human trials of McMaster's inhaled COVID-19 vaccine
McMaster University’s inhaled COVID-19 vaccine safely generates immune responses associated with protection in the lungs, recent clinical trial data show. The Phase-1 study, which ran . . .
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Promising results from McMaster's Phase 1 inhaled Aerovax Covid vaccine trial 💉
The vaccine safely produced respiratory mucosal immunity (trial didn't assess ability to prevent infections - later phase trials may do this)
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
The vaccine safely produced respiratory mucosal immunity (trial didn't assess ability to prevent infections - later phase trials may do this)
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
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Evicting NSF from their building in Washington is pretty revealing. But if they auction off its History Wall, I know which tile I’d bid on. Here’s the list to choose from…
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/06/evic...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/06/evic...
Evicting Science from D.C.: the NSF building and it's History Wall
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Evicting NSF from their building in Washington is pretty revealing. But if they auction off its History Wall, I know which tile I’d bid on. Here’s the list to choose from…
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/06/evic...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/06/evic...
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Tim Roughgarden (a16z crypto and Columbia) is giving a seminar on Thursday, 29 May 2025: "Shill-Proof Auctions" (with Andrew Komo and Scott Kominers). Guest panellists: Marek Pycia and Zhou Yu. @timroughgarden.bsky.social @skominers.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Tim Roughgarden (a16z crypto and Columbia) is giving a seminar on Thursday, 29 May 2025: "Shill-Proof Auctions" (with Andrew Komo and Scott Kominers). Guest panellists: Marek Pycia and Zhou Yu. @timroughgarden.bsky.social @skominers.bsky.social
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FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
Meeting the Moment Together
We are returning from the AERA Annual Meeting in Denver reinvigorated and with a deep appreciation for all that scholars and higher education leaders are holding in this moment. Rapid shifts in fed...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
Happy Palindrome-Ambigram-Reflection Day, QED!!
I hope your day has been excellent in every possible direction 🙂🙃
I hope your day has been excellent in every possible direction 🙂🙃
May 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Palindrome-Ambigram-Reflection Day, QED!!
I hope your day has been excellent in every possible direction 🙂🙃
I hope your day has been excellent in every possible direction 🙂🙃
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Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
April 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
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A podcast episode with @skominers.bsky.social and @rhhackett on #congestionpricing in New York City (and beyond). Link: web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/con...
Congestion Pricing: Economics, Theory, Reality | web3 with a16z crypto
Everyone hates traffic. One way to reduce it is through congestion pricing, which New York City implemented at the start of the year — a first of its kind for the U.S. We spoke to two economists about...
web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A podcast episode with @skominers.bsky.social and @rhhackett on #congestionpricing in New York City (and beyond). Link: web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/con...
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@casssunstein.bsky.social and @rthaler.bsky.social must do Wordle today
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@casssunstein.bsky.social and @rthaler.bsky.social must do Wordle today
March 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Happy [PI / PurIm / EclPIse] Day!!
Hold some PIstachio hamantaschen up to the moon, QED 😄🤚📐🌑!
(And yes, of course, there's an NFT 👇)
Hold some PIstachio hamantaschen up to the moon, QED 😄🤚📐🌑!
(And yes, of course, there's an NFT 👇)
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy [PI / PurIm / EclPIse] Day!!
Hold some PIstachio hamantaschen up to the moon, QED 😄🤚📐🌑!
(And yes, of course, there's an NFT 👇)
Hold some PIstachio hamantaschen up to the moon, QED 😄🤚📐🌑!
(And yes, of course, there's an NFT 👇)
Cross-posting an extremely niche social science joke x.com/skominers/st...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Cross-posting an extremely niche social science joke x.com/skominers/st...
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On the amazing downfall of Alzheimer's research by widespread manipulations and the crooked incentive structure in science: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research
Fraud in research needs to end.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On the amazing downfall of Alzheimer's research by widespread manipulations and the crooked incentive structure in science: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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High pay for participating in clinical trials (for example) may require greater efforts to make sure consent is well informed. #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/info...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/info...
Informed consent and compensation for clinical trial participants (Ambuehl, Ockenfels and Stewart in REStat)
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
High pay for participating in clinical trials (for example) may require greater efforts to make sure consent is well informed. #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/info...
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/01/info...
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What's the theory one would have to concoct to hypothesize the opposite of what this article finds? Maybe "postdocs who publish a lot of papers are probably tapped out and can't publish anything else now, whereas the ones who haven't are well rested and ready to start producing hit research soon."
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What's the theory one would have to concoct to hypothesize the opposite of what this article finds? Maybe "postdocs who publish a lot of papers are probably tapped out and can't publish anything else now, whereas the ones who haven't are well rested and ready to start producing hit research soon."
What a time to be alive
Edited by Susan Fiske, who also described replication studies as “methodological terrorism”.
January 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What a time to be alive
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Edited by Susan Fiske, who also described replication studies as “methodological terrorism”.
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Edited by Susan Fiske, who also described replication studies as “methodological terrorism”.
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At least this one will surely replicate (as long as those evil replicators don't bring in any evil identification)
January 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At least this one will surely replicate (as long as those evil replicators don't bring in any evil identification)
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Inspectors General, the govt’s internal watchdogs, were a post-Watergate reform, reporting abuses to Congress.
Trump fired some IGs in term 1 after his first impeachment showed that Senate GOP will defend abuse.
Only reason to fire 17 IGs now is to abuse power and break the law with less pushback.
Trump fired some IGs in term 1 after his first impeachment showed that Senate GOP will defend abuse.
Only reason to fire 17 IGs now is to abuse power and break the law with less pushback.
January 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Inspectors General, the govt’s internal watchdogs, were a post-Watergate reform, reporting abuses to Congress.
Trump fired some IGs in term 1 after his first impeachment showed that Senate GOP will defend abuse.
Only reason to fire 17 IGs now is to abuse power and break the law with less pushback.
Trump fired some IGs in term 1 after his first impeachment showed that Senate GOP will defend abuse.
Only reason to fire 17 IGs now is to abuse power and break the law with less pushback.
Utterly astounding to me that it's possible to publish a paper in PNAS that shows a correlation between having a "hit paper" as a postdoc and later academic success... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Utterly astounding to me that it's possible to publish a paper in PNAS that shows a correlation between having a "hit paper" as a postdoc and later academic success... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I'm judging a Quora knowledge contest, which is a cool way to talk about ideas. Entries due tomorrow (Jan 22).
Here are three questions I'm excited about.
Would love to read your answers, and the prize for the best answer is $1000 for each question.
Here are three questions I'm excited about.
Would love to read your answers, and the prize for the best answer is $1000 for each question.
January 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm judging a Quora knowledge contest, which is a cool way to talk about ideas. Entries due tomorrow (Jan 22).
Here are three questions I'm excited about.
Would love to read your answers, and the prize for the best answer is $1000 for each question.
Here are three questions I'm excited about.
Would love to read your answers, and the prize for the best answer is $1000 for each question.
Jesse Shapiro and I talked with Danielle Kost of HBS Working Knowledge about why social media platforms aren’t well-positioned to combat misinformation -- and what they should do instead: www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
Meta Faces the Limits of Policing Misinformation | Working Knowledge
Meta's decision to end fact-checking might lead to more transparency and better strategies.
www.library.hbs.edu
January 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Jesse Shapiro and I talked with Danielle Kost of HBS Working Knowledge about why social media platforms aren’t well-positioned to combat misinformation -- and what they should do instead: www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
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A great follow
Hi! I am a professor in Economics at @lunduniversity.bsky.social My main research interests are mechanism and market design, and I have designed and redesigned many markets (mainly in the Scandinavian countries). I Please follow me 🙂
January 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A great follow
Did everything feel a bit more mathematical this morning? That's because 2025 is a perfect square ✅!
Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².
It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.
But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².
It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.
But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
a penguin is holding a pink flag that says i 'm so excited 2025
ALT: a penguin is holding a pink flag that says i 'm so excited 2025
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Did everything feel a bit more mathematical this morning? That's because 2025 is a perfect square ✅!
Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².
It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.
But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².
It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.
But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
Happy Chanukkah! 🕎
Here's a thematic puzzle, styled after the cover of a children's puzzle magazine:
The story is that there's been a bit of confusion – everyone's preparing for different holidays! Can you sort them out, and determine what we need in order to tune up the present celebration?
Here's a thematic puzzle, styled after the cover of a children's puzzle magazine:
The story is that there's been a bit of confusion – everyone's preparing for different holidays! Can you sort them out, and determine what we need in order to tune up the present celebration?
December 28, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Happy Chanukkah! 🕎
Here's a thematic puzzle, styled after the cover of a children's puzzle magazine:
The story is that there's been a bit of confusion – everyone's preparing for different holidays! Can you sort them out, and determine what we need in order to tune up the present celebration?
Here's a thematic puzzle, styled after the cover of a children's puzzle magazine:
The story is that there's been a bit of confusion – everyone's preparing for different holidays! Can you sort them out, and determine what we need in order to tune up the present celebration?
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When you criticize Musk for endorsing the AfD, Vance threatens your employer.
Free speech something something.
Ht @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social @soyboy.bsky.social
Free speech something something.
Ht @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social @soyboy.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
When you criticize Musk for endorsing the AfD, Vance threatens your employer.
Free speech something something.
Ht @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social @soyboy.bsky.social
Free speech something something.
Ht @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social @soyboy.bsky.social