Dan de Kadt
@dandekadt.bsky.social
Social and data science at the London School of Economics
Democracy, behaviour, meta-science, 🇿🇦🇺🇲
Won't interact with anon accounts.
www.ddekadt.com
Democracy, behaviour, meta-science, 🇿🇦🇺🇲
Won't interact with anon accounts.
www.ddekadt.com
Join us over the next few weeks for "Did Jews Ruin Universities? And can Nazism fix it?" and "Did Emancipation Ruin Agriculture? And can Jim Crow fix it?"
Just asking questions over here
Just asking questions over here
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Join us over the next few weeks for "Did Jews Ruin Universities? And can Nazism fix it?" and "Did Emancipation Ruin Agriculture? And can Jim Crow fix it?"
Just asking questions over here
Just asking questions over here
We all know this person (it’s me btw)
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We all know this person (it’s me btw)
My paper in the review process
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My paper in the review process
Term limits are a good thing and no amount of polisci research will ever convince me otherwise
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Term limits are a good thing and no amount of polisci research will ever convince me otherwise
This gets into the NYT but when I send work to the APSR it’s all “the findings are trivial and already known”
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This gets into the NYT but when I send work to the APSR it’s all “the findings are trivial and already known”
Dune is a nice book, Star Wars is good, LotR is well written, why are we so edgy
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Dune is a nice book, Star Wars is good, LotR is well written, why are we so edgy
I continue to be a very proud alum of MIT
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I continue to be a very proud alum of MIT
”We’re going to cut our hair, shave, shave our beards and adhere to standards.”
Hegseth is truly a visionary leader (I heard this fact on Signal)
Hegseth is truly a visionary leader (I heard this fact on Signal)
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
”We’re going to cut our hair, shave, shave our beards and adhere to standards.”
Hegseth is truly a visionary leader (I heard this fact on Signal)
Hegseth is truly a visionary leader (I heard this fact on Signal)
It’s the little things about living in Britain that warm you up to the place
September 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s the little things about living in Britain that warm you up to the place
Really wonder when the penny will drop in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street. This administration wants to comprehensively dismantle America's accumulated economic, scientific, and cultural success.
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Really wonder when the penny will drop in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street. This administration wants to comprehensively dismantle America's accumulated economic, scientific, and cultural success.
All the other tech CEOs are sucking up to Trump while GabeN is sucking up to we the people
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
All the other tech CEOs are sucking up to Trump while GabeN is sucking up to we the people
Every day the @nytimes.com fails us.
This _undermines_ the Fed’s independence. There is no need for the qualifier “could.”
This _undermines_ the Fed’s independence. There is no need for the qualifier “could.”
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Every day the @nytimes.com fails us.
This _undermines_ the Fed’s independence. There is no need for the qualifier “could.”
This _undermines_ the Fed’s independence. There is no need for the qualifier “could.”
Do these experts work at @theonion.com?
July 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Do these experts work at @theonion.com?
By all means make your plots snazzy, but please spend the bulk of your time designing a plot that thoughtfully and honestly communicates with the reader.
Beautiful visuals do not make good plots. In fact, sometimes the two are at odds.
Beautiful visuals do not make good plots. In fact, sometimes the two are at odds.
July 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
By all means make your plots snazzy, but please spend the bulk of your time designing a plot that thoughtfully and honestly communicates with the reader.
Beautiful visuals do not make good plots. In fact, sometimes the two are at odds.
Beautiful visuals do not make good plots. In fact, sometimes the two are at odds.
me after that penalty shootout
July 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
me after that penalty shootout
Dear @nytimes.com,
A) what the f is this?
B) who the f is that?
Yours,
An increasingly confused subscriber
A) what the f is this?
B) who the f is that?
Yours,
An increasingly confused subscriber
June 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Dear @nytimes.com,
A) what the f is this?
B) who the f is that?
Yours,
An increasingly confused subscriber
A) what the f is this?
B) who the f is that?
Yours,
An increasingly confused subscriber
Someone needs to give this lil fella the stranger danger talk
June 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Someone needs to give this lil fella the stranger danger talk
waiting for the arc of history to bend
June 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
waiting for the arc of history to bend
This bit feels hard to square with my own experiences. My experiences may mislead, but I wonder if this concl. is a little off given that the massive growth in the total number of authors includes many who leave the discipline.
So the mean (papers/year) will include a lot of very small numbers.
So the mean (papers/year) will include a lot of very small numbers.
June 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This bit feels hard to square with my own experiences. My experiences may mislead, but I wonder if this concl. is a little off given that the massive growth in the total number of authors includes many who leave the discipline.
So the mean (papers/year) will include a lot of very small numbers.
So the mean (papers/year) will include a lot of very small numbers.
This is a really good photo. Feels like it might be in some history books* in the future.
*yes yes, assuming there will be a future and that it will include books is very optimistic
*yes yes, assuming there will be a future and that it will include books is very optimistic
June 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is a really good photo. Feels like it might be in some history books* in the future.
*yes yes, assuming there will be a future and that it will include books is very optimistic
*yes yes, assuming there will be a future and that it will include books is very optimistic
NYT prioritising well here
June 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NYT prioritising well here
Increasingly of the view that we are living through a huge vaporware bubble. Maybe I will be wrong. Given how big the financial hole in the AI space is already (invested capital vs. returns), it's interesting to see this kind of stuff get a write up in the NYT.
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Increasingly of the view that we are living through a huge vaporware bubble. Maybe I will be wrong. Given how big the financial hole in the AI space is already (invested capital vs. returns), it's interesting to see this kind of stuff get a write up in the NYT.