Ben Ho
@hoben.bsky.social
Vassar (oft Columbia) behavioral economist (formerly White House & Cornell) working on trust, inequality, climate change Author of http://whytrustmatters.com
I'm relieved/surprised it didn't lump economists in with the physicists/mathematicians/etc of thinking they know more about evolution than biologists do.
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm relieved/surprised it didn't lump economists in with the physicists/mathematicians/etc of thinking they know more about evolution than biologists do.
the article also mentions immigration (composition changes) and the end of no child left behind. was always curious there hasn't been more diff in diff on no child left behind. Justine Hastings had one very early on. has there been good work on that?
April 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
the article also mentions immigration (composition changes) and the end of no child left behind. was always curious there hasn't been more diff in diff on no child left behind. Justine Hastings had one very early on. has there been good work on that?
it is used in the psych literature. I see it in the apology papers in psych.
it comes from biology so arguably psychology is closer to the origins of signaling than econ.
one suggested I read more biology after seeing one of my signaling papers. (I still think our signaling lit is better though)
it comes from biology so arguably psychology is closer to the origins of signaling than econ.
one suggested I read more biology after seeing one of my signaling papers. (I still think our signaling lit is better though)
March 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
it is used in the psych literature. I see it in the apology papers in psych.
it comes from biology so arguably psychology is closer to the origins of signaling than econ.
one suggested I read more biology after seeing one of my signaling papers. (I still think our signaling lit is better though)
it comes from biology so arguably psychology is closer to the origins of signaling than econ.
one suggested I read more biology after seeing one of my signaling papers. (I still think our signaling lit is better though)
I never got into their show.
They did my commencement address at MIT in 1999 as former MIT alums. It was memorable?
They had a 📈 showing happiness and smarts. With rocks being most happy and mit students being least. So aim to be dumb as a rock.
Bill Clinton was the year before.
They did my commencement address at MIT in 1999 as former MIT alums. It was memorable?
They had a 📈 showing happiness and smarts. With rocks being most happy and mit students being least. So aim to be dumb as a rock.
Bill Clinton was the year before.
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I never got into their show.
They did my commencement address at MIT in 1999 as former MIT alums. It was memorable?
They had a 📈 showing happiness and smarts. With rocks being most happy and mit students being least. So aim to be dumb as a rock.
Bill Clinton was the year before.
They did my commencement address at MIT in 1999 as former MIT alums. It was memorable?
They had a 📈 showing happiness and smarts. With rocks being most happy and mit students being least. So aim to be dumb as a rock.
Bill Clinton was the year before.
Yes but some caveats from a parent of a 7 and 9 year old with tons of them.
Kid age out of the around 5-6.
They are incredibly expensive.
Knock offs are much cheaper and work but like knock off Legos are somewhat less satisfying.
Kid age out of the around 5-6.
They are incredibly expensive.
Knock offs are much cheaper and work but like knock off Legos are somewhat less satisfying.
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yes but some caveats from a parent of a 7 and 9 year old with tons of them.
Kid age out of the around 5-6.
They are incredibly expensive.
Knock offs are much cheaper and work but like knock off Legos are somewhat less satisfying.
Kid age out of the around 5-6.
They are incredibly expensive.
Knock offs are much cheaper and work but like knock off Legos are somewhat less satisfying.
I often auction off a $20 bill but do a two pay auction where the top two bidders pay. But when debriefing after I often get the "I want to win" reasoning.
I tell students to use that for running experiments as well. The desire to win often outweighs monetary incentives.
I tell students to use that for running experiments as well. The desire to win often outweighs monetary incentives.
January 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I often auction off a $20 bill but do a two pay auction where the top two bidders pay. But when debriefing after I often get the "I want to win" reasoning.
I tell students to use that for running experiments as well. The desire to win often outweighs monetary incentives.
I tell students to use that for running experiments as well. The desire to win often outweighs monetary incentives.
A really amazing biography "the price of altruism"
About George Price who helped found evolutionary game theory.
He invented equations for altruism with maynard-smith but mostly was a jerk in person.
Published papers in Science about psychic powers.
He lived in Poughkeepsie and uws!
About George Price who helped found evolutionary game theory.
He invented equations for altruism with maynard-smith but mostly was a jerk in person.
Published papers in Science about psychic powers.
He lived in Poughkeepsie and uws!
January 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A really amazing biography "the price of altruism"
About George Price who helped found evolutionary game theory.
He invented equations for altruism with maynard-smith but mostly was a jerk in person.
Published papers in Science about psychic powers.
He lived in Poughkeepsie and uws!
About George Price who helped found evolutionary game theory.
He invented equations for altruism with maynard-smith but mostly was a jerk in person.
Published papers in Science about psychic powers.
He lived in Poughkeepsie and uws!
This is what gpt thinks.
January 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is what gpt thinks.
Another selling point for Fahrenheit. Which was designed around the fact that human body temperature was exactly 3x water freezing temperature and that 96 had so many divisors making thermometers easier to mark.
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Xkcd makes a compelling case for F.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
January 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another selling point for Fahrenheit. Which was designed around the fact that human body temperature was exactly 3x water freezing temperature and that 96 had so many divisors making thermometers easier to mark.
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Xkcd makes a compelling case for F.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
January 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Xkcd makes a compelling case for F.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
Also the history of how F was designed around human body temperature highlights it's usefulness.
As a kid the expectation was coffee was something that cost like 15 cents. It was a big cultural shift for the better I think that Starbucks invented the modern 3rd place.
Still there were historical coffee houses. Wall St began as a coffee house where people traded stocks. Wonder what happened...
Still there were historical coffee houses. Wall St began as a coffee house where people traded stocks. Wonder what happened...
January 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As a kid the expectation was coffee was something that cost like 15 cents. It was a big cultural shift for the better I think that Starbucks invented the modern 3rd place.
Still there were historical coffee houses. Wall St began as a coffee house where people traded stocks. Wonder what happened...
Still there were historical coffee houses. Wall St began as a coffee house where people traded stocks. Wonder what happened...