Ryan Bruno
@ryan-bruno.bsky.social
Interested in moral psychology and polarization | Research professional at The University of Chicago | Incoming PhD student in consumer behavior at USC Marshall
Great list. Learned a lot from it. dorsaamir.medium.com/modest-advic...
Modest Advice for New Graduate Students
Throughout the course of my years in graduate school, I kept a running list of the best advice given to me, and the strategies that helped…
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September 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great list. Learned a lot from it. dorsaamir.medium.com/modest-advic...
“Psychologists are more like activists or maybe lawyers, and our data are simply things we use to persuade, but the ideas are true, regardless of the data... we could be more like philosophers and simply rely on logic to make our cases.” open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
Does Data Matter in Psychology?
Psychology presents itself as deeply empirical and quantitative.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Psychologists are more like activists or maybe lawyers, and our data are simply things we use to persuade, but the ideas are true, regardless of the data... we could be more like philosophers and simply rely on logic to make our cases.” open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
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🚨 Call for Abstracts!
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
June 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
🚨 Call for Abstracts!
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
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Soon, I will (excitingly) be starting my PhD at USC, which means I’ll (sadly) be leaving my pre-doc position with Emma Levine and Jane Risen.
We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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May 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Soon, I will (excitingly) be starting my PhD at USC, which means I’ll (sadly) be leaving my pre-doc position with Emma Levine and Jane Risen.
We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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Soon, I will (excitingly) be starting my PhD at USC, which means I’ll (sadly) be leaving my pre-doc position with Emma Levine and Jane Risen.
We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Soon, I will (excitingly) be starting my PhD at USC, which means I’ll (sadly) be leaving my pre-doc position with Emma Levine and Jane Risen.
We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
chicagobooth.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We are accepting applicants now! Please share!
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I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation.
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
April 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am hiring a new Lab Manager to help run the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation.
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
We start reviewing apps on MAY 1st and it pays over $58,000. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166620
See more details below:
Politics 101 — Being predictable to your allies matters
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Treating Friends Like Enemies
Podcast Episode · The David Frum Show · 04/09/2025 · 54m
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April 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Politics 101 — Being predictable to your allies matters
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“Low hoot,” … appears to mean something like “I am excited.” “High hoot” … may mean “Pay attention to me.” But the combination of the two calls doesn’t simply mean “I am excited, pay attention to me”; instead, it conveys a more nuanced message.
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‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos
In a first, researchers have seen a nonhuman animal combine different calls to make new meanings
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April 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Low hoot,” … appears to mean something like “I am excited.” “High hoot” … may mean “Pay attention to me.” But the combination of the two calls doesn’t simply mean “I am excited, pay attention to me”; instead, it conveys a more nuanced message.
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www.science.org/content/arti...
By dragging nets across the seafloor, fishers not only kill countless sensitive species but also weaken the ocean’s natural carbon sink, equivalent to losing 2 to 8 million tons of CO₂ absorption each year.
Another reason to cut fish from your diet!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another reason to cut fish from your diet!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ocean alkalinity destruction by anthropogenic seafloor disturbances generates a hidden CO2 emission
Anthropogenic sediment disturbances reduce natural marine carbon sequestration by 2 to 8 Tg CO2 year−1.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
By dragging nets across the seafloor, fishers not only kill countless sensitive species but also weaken the ocean’s natural carbon sink, equivalent to losing 2 to 8 million tons of CO₂ absorption each year.
Another reason to cut fish from your diet!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another reason to cut fish from your diet!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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I'll be in London on 12 June for an event at the Royal Institution Theatre: The Mystery of Morality.
I'll be joined by Richard Swinburne, Jessica Frazier, and Alex O’Connor to discuss animals, machines, and the origin of ethics.
I'll be joined by Richard Swinburne, Jessica Frazier, and Alex O’Connor to discuss animals, machines, and the origin of ethics.
March 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'll be in London on 12 June for an event at the Royal Institution Theatre: The Mystery of Morality.
I'll be joined by Richard Swinburne, Jessica Frazier, and Alex O’Connor to discuss animals, machines, and the origin of ethics.
I'll be joined by Richard Swinburne, Jessica Frazier, and Alex O’Connor to discuss animals, machines, and the origin of ethics.
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NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
March 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
Excited to share that I will be joining USC Marshall later this year as a PhD student in consumer behavior!!
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Excited to share that I will be joining USC Marshall later this year as a PhD student in consumer behavior!!
My latest on Openly Fallible:
ryanbruno.substack.com/p/on-tragedy...
ryanbruno.substack.com/p/on-tragedy...
On Tragedy Math
The Strange Arithmetic of Compassion
ryanbruno.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My latest on Openly Fallible:
ryanbruno.substack.com/p/on-tragedy...
ryanbruno.substack.com/p/on-tragedy...
Yikes. Extensions like roundtable.ai will soon become necessary for online research.
Roundtable detects fraud and bots through checks like typing patterns and text analysis. Check it out here: roundtable.ai
Roundtable detects fraud and bots through checks like typing patterns and text analysis. Check it out here: roundtable.ai
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yikes. Extensions like roundtable.ai will soon become necessary for online research.
Roundtable detects fraud and bots through checks like typing patterns and text analysis. Check it out here: roundtable.ai
Roundtable detects fraud and bots through checks like typing patterns and text analysis. Check it out here: roundtable.ai
Um? Since when has LA had robot delivery drivers? And why are they so polite? This is gregory
March 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Um? Since when has LA had robot delivery drivers? And why are they so polite? This is gregory
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A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN.
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN.
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I'm hiring a lab manager to start this summer/fall, to work on transformative experience, identity change, and empathy in the digital age.
Details here:
www.crockettlab.org/research-spe...
Please share!
Details here:
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Please share!
Research Specialist 2025 — Crockett Lab
www.crockettlab.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm hiring a lab manager to start this summer/fall, to work on transformative experience, identity change, and empathy in the digital age.
Details here:
www.crockettlab.org/research-spe...
Please share!
Details here:
www.crockettlab.org/research-spe...
Please share!
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"Trump disavowed the plan during the campaign. He was lying when he did so. Now its authors are his most effective henchmen, and unlike the situation he faced in 2017, Trump can now combine expertise and loyalty in the same body of staffers."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Tasks of an Anti-Trump Coalition
Avoid progressive pieties and rebuild an effective democratic majority
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Trump disavowed the plan during the campaign. He was lying when he did so. Now its authors are his most effective henchmen, and unlike the situation he faced in 2017, Trump can now combine expertise and loyalty in the same body of staffers."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...