Alessandro Sontuoso
@sontuoso.bsky.social
Associate Professor at City University London, Chapman University affiliate, former PPE Fellow at UPenn | Economic theory & experimentation | Researching epistemic, strategic, and ethical dimensions of individual action | sontuoso.info
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Nobec Talks - Alessandro Sontuoso | Penn Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics
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October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Consensus AI Deep Search is a cool agentic search function that runs full literature reviews across 200 million papers in minutes.
To try it, select "Deep" mode in Consensus and ask any research question!.
Get your free account here: consensus.app
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Sharp and beautifully written — a nice read.
#QJE Aug 2025, #15, “The Evolutionary Stability of Moral Foundations,” by Avataneo, Norman, and Persico: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
The Evolutionary Stability of Moral Foundations*
ABSTRACT. Moral foundations theory is an influential empirical description of moral perception. According to this theory, individuals make moral judgments
doi.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sharp and beautifully written — a nice read.
Submit abstract by Jul 4 for the Int’l Wrkshp on Logic & Philosophy: Social Norms (Logical Structures & Philosophical Foundations), Tsinghua–University of Amsterdam Joint Research Center for Logic. Acceptance decisions Aug 29. #philsky #econsky
Committees & details: www.tsinghualogic.net/JRC/4thlp/
Committees & details: www.tsinghualogic.net/JRC/4thlp/
The Fourth International Workshop on Logic and Philosophy – JRC for Logic
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June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Submit abstract by Jul 4 for the Int’l Wrkshp on Logic & Philosophy: Social Norms (Logical Structures & Philosophical Foundations), Tsinghua–University of Amsterdam Joint Research Center for Logic. Acceptance decisions Aug 29. #philsky #econsky
Committees & details: www.tsinghualogic.net/JRC/4thlp/
Committees & details: www.tsinghualogic.net/JRC/4thlp/
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The device, about the size of two shoe boxes, was developed in a bid to create 'synthetic biological intelligence' — a new form of computing that could offer opportunities beyond conventional electronics and other developing technologies such as quantum computing https://on.ft.com/4kc8obJ
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The device, about the size of two shoe boxes, was developed in a bid to create 'synthetic biological intelligence' — a new form of computing that could offer opportunities beyond conventional electronics and other developing technologies such as quantum computing https://on.ft.com/4kc8obJ
Some optical illusions fool Westerners but not the Himba people of Namibia. Bad eyesight? No, just a different edit (or model) of reality.
More evidence for John Dewey’s insight: reality isn’t experienced the same, and perception isn’t passive—it’s shaped by what culture trains us to frame and see.
More evidence for John Dewey’s insight: reality isn’t experienced the same, and perception isn’t passive—it’s shaped by what culture trains us to frame and see.
What do you see when you stare at this grid of line segments: a series of rectangles, or a series of circles?
The way you perceive this optical illusion may tie back to the visual environment that surrounds you, a recent preprint suggests. scim.ag/4kTxbmd
The way you perceive this optical illusion may tie back to the visual environment that surrounds you, a recent preprint suggests. scim.ag/4kTxbmd
Culture literally changes how we see the world
Where city dwellers see rectangles, people who live in round huts see circles
scim.ag
June 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some optical illusions fool Westerners but not the Himba people of Namibia. Bad eyesight? No, just a different edit (or model) of reality.
More evidence for John Dewey’s insight: reality isn’t experienced the same, and perception isn’t passive—it’s shaped by what culture trains us to frame and see.
More evidence for John Dewey’s insight: reality isn’t experienced the same, and perception isn’t passive—it’s shaped by what culture trains us to frame and see.
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Robert Evans, Cambridge
Tan Gan, LSE
Nenad Kos, Bocconi
Sophie Kreutzkamp, Manchester
Elliot Lipnowski, Yale
George Mailath, Penn
Paula Onuchic, LSE
Francisco Poggi, Mannheim
Ludvig Sinander, Oxford
Aidan Smith, Edinburgh
Leeat Yariv, Princeton
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Robert Evans, Cambridge
Tan Gan, LSE
Nenad Kos, Bocconi
Sophie Kreutzkamp, Manchester
Elliot Lipnowski, Yale
George Mailath, Penn
Paula Onuchic, LSE
Francisco Poggi, Mannheim
Ludvig Sinander, Oxford
Aidan Smith, Edinburgh
Leeat Yariv, Princeton
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City-QMUL Theory Workshop
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Date: 9-10 June 2025
Location: City St George's University Clerkenwell Campus Tait Building Room C312
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May 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
CITY-QMUL Theory wksp
Robert Evans, Cambridge
Tan Gan, LSE
Nenad Kos, Bocconi
Sophie Kreutzkamp, Manchester
Elliot Lipnowski, Yale
George Mailath, Penn
Paula Onuchic, LSE
Francisco Poggi, Mannheim
Ludvig Sinander, Oxford
Aidan Smith, Edinburgh
Leeat Yariv, Princeton
sites.google.com/view/qmul-ci...
Robert Evans, Cambridge
Tan Gan, LSE
Nenad Kos, Bocconi
Sophie Kreutzkamp, Manchester
Elliot Lipnowski, Yale
George Mailath, Penn
Paula Onuchic, LSE
Francisco Poggi, Mannheim
Ludvig Sinander, Oxford
Aidan Smith, Edinburgh
Leeat Yariv, Princeton
sites.google.com/view/qmul-ci...
Join us on May 16 at the City University (City St George’s, University of London) for our Theory & Experiments workshop—bringing together leading researchers in micro theory and behavioral economics.
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May 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Join us on May 16 at the City University (City St George’s, University of London) for our Theory & Experiments workshop—bringing together leading researchers in micro theory and behavioral economics.
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Here’s how historians use #DataScience to mine the past in ways never before possible. A PNAS Science and Culture piece: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Digital Historians #ComputationalModel #DigitalHistory #AI #NetworkAnalysis #LLMs
May 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Here’s how historians use #DataScience to mine the past in ways never before possible. A PNAS Science and Culture piece: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Digital Historians #ComputationalModel #DigitalHistory #AI #NetworkAnalysis #LLMs
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April 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A great new search tool for economics papers just launched. Worth a look.
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Economic theory to the rescue.
April 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Economic theory to the rescue.
Join us on May 1 at the City University (City St George’s, University of London) for a Behavioral Insights for Policy workshop—bringing together top academics & practitioners working on behaviorally informed themes such as consumer choice, online safety, market regulation, computational models & AI.
Bridging Theory and Practice: Behavioural Insights for Policy Workshop | City St George's, University of London
This workshop will bring together academics and practitioners working on behavioural, policy-relevant issues.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Join us on May 1 at the City University (City St George’s, University of London) for a Behavioral Insights for Policy workshop—bringing together top academics & practitioners working on behaviorally informed themes such as consumer choice, online safety, market regulation, computational models & AI.
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Looking for other economists on Bluesky? If they have added their Bluesky handle to their RePEc profile, they are listed here, including by field, country and more:
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March 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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New research confirms what we all knew after hammering a nail *and* our thumb, grabbing a hot pan bare-handed, then stepping barefoot on a plug: swearing dulls pain. Turns out, it also boosts strength. So next time you’re at the gym, let the expletives fly—purely to replicate the results, of course.
Swearing is linked with increased pain tolerance and strength
The science behind swearing and its impact on pain and strength is complex, but research has shown that it is linked with a number of positive effects.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New research confirms what we all knew after hammering a nail *and* our thumb, grabbing a hot pan bare-handed, then stepping barefoot on a plug: swearing dulls pain. Turns out, it also boosts strength. So next time you’re at the gym, let the expletives fly—purely to replicate the results, of course.
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Quantum computers have gained the powerful abstractions that allow programmers of classical computers to design and integrate new apps and hardware, and connect devices into networks with ease
https://go.nature.com/43INRaa
https://go.nature.com/43INRaa
An operating system for networked quantum computers is a huge practical step forward
An operating system for quantum computers allows for easy app networking.
go.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Quantum computers have gained the powerful abstractions that allow programmers of classical computers to design and integrate new apps and hardware, and connect devices into networks with ease
https://go.nature.com/43INRaa
https://go.nature.com/43INRaa
Stumbled on a treasure trove of archival history. Want to time-travel through old (even Napoleonic) civil records from the Belpaese? Births, marriages, deaths—it’s all there, waiting to reveal forgotten family roots or prove that your great-great-grandpa’s name was so long it spilled onto a 2nd line
Main Page - Ancestors
The Ancestors Portal makes available online the enormous documentary heritage of civil status records existing in Italian state archives, indispensable for conducting registry and genealogical researc...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Stumbled on a treasure trove of archival history. Want to time-travel through old (even Napoleonic) civil records from the Belpaese? Births, marriages, deaths—it’s all there, waiting to reveal forgotten family roots or prove that your great-great-grandpa’s name was so long it spilled onto a 2nd line
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Draghi: “The IMF estimates that Europe’s internal barriers are equivalent to a tariff of 45% for manufacturing and 110% for services. These effectively shrink the market in which European companies operate: trade across EU countries is less than half the level of trade across US states.”
Forget the US — Europe has successfully put tariffs on itself
High internal barriers and regulatory hurdles are far more damaging for growth than anything America might impose
on.ft.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Draghi: “The IMF estimates that Europe’s internal barriers are equivalent to a tariff of 45% for manufacturing and 110% for services. These effectively shrink the market in which European companies operate: trade across EU countries is less than half the level of trade across US states.”
At $8M a spot, the Super Bowl ad market is a neat case of inelastic demand for attention. In a world drowning in noise, focus is a rare asset. But still, some would probably love a marathon of those artsy commercials—punctuated only by the occasional football break. Meanwhile, I’m restocking queso.
February 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
At $8M a spot, the Super Bowl ad market is a neat case of inelastic demand for attention. In a world drowning in noise, focus is a rare asset. But still, some would probably love a marathon of those artsy commercials—punctuated only by the occasional football break. Meanwhile, I’m restocking queso.
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Researchers have long debated over whether the language we speak shapes how we perceive the world. Now that some 1.5 billion people speak the same language, English, this question has taken on a new urgency.
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
www.newyorker.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Researchers have long debated over whether the language we speak shapes how we perceive the world. Now that some 1.5 billion people speak the same language, English, this question has taken on a new urgency.
Read mixed reviews of the “ultimate” Spotify book, where the author dismisses it as a glorified playlist generator. Initially designed as an advertising company, it rewired music with major economic impacts. Artists are underpaid, but is this equilibrium worse than the previous (piracy-fueled) one?
What Spotify took from us by giving us everything
Liz Pelly’s new book examines how playlists reshaped our culture.
www.theverge.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Read mixed reviews of the “ultimate” Spotify book, where the author dismisses it as a glorified playlist generator. Initially designed as an advertising company, it rewired music with major economic impacts. Artists are underpaid, but is this equilibrium worse than the previous (piracy-fueled) one?
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“An impressive scholarly achievement” says Steven Nadler in his review of Leibniz in His World in the latest issue of @thetls.bsky.social.
Read more (£):
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January 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“An impressive scholarly achievement” says Steven Nadler in his review of Leibniz in His World in the latest issue of @thetls.bsky.social.
Read more (£):
www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/h...
Read more (£):
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Walk through a megacity with cotton in your ears… then yank it out and brace yourself for the soundscapes. That’s the vibe of The Atlantic’s 1870 piece on “street cries” (lyrical calls merchants used to hawk their wares in markets)—a nostalgic glimpse into how Information Economics worked back then.
The Street-Cries of New York
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www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Walk through a megacity with cotton in your ears… then yank it out and brace yourself for the soundscapes. That’s the vibe of The Atlantic’s 1870 piece on “street cries” (lyrical calls merchants used to hawk their wares in markets)—a nostalgic glimpse into how Information Economics worked back then.
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By mapping the meanings of the words used to communicate emotions across more than one-third of the planet’s spoken languages, a study in Science found that there is significant variation in how emotions are expressed across cultures. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/41X6dDk
Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
Analysis of the terms used for emotions across a sample of 2474 spoken languages reveals low similarity across cultures.
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December 26, 2024 at 2:38 PM
By mapping the meanings of the words used to communicate emotions across more than one-third of the planet’s spoken languages, a study in Science found that there is significant variation in how emotions are expressed across cultures. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/41X6dDk
Festive econometrics: a wine study published this week raises a glass to moderate wine consumption correlating with health benefits—but let’s not uncork causation yet. Even murkier is whether the holiday season causes a surge in wine studies, or if their publication just correlates with festivities.
Wine consumption and cardiovascular health: the unresolved French paradox and the promise of objective biomarkers
This editorial refers to ‘Urinary tartaric acid as a biomarker of wine consumption and cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial’, by I. Domínguez-López et a
academic.oup.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Festive econometrics: a wine study published this week raises a glass to moderate wine consumption correlating with health benefits—but let’s not uncork causation yet. Even murkier is whether the holiday season causes a surge in wine studies, or if their publication just correlates with festivities.