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daniel f stone

@dfstone.bsky.social
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Behavioral economist at Bowdoin College. Interested in beliefs, sports, media, polarization, socially responsible capitalism. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047500/undu… www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/ds…

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In my latest podcast episode, I speak with Andrea Ellis, a former wellness influencer who left that world despite the massive financial opportunities. A really insightful overview into the wellness economy and ecosystem! matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/what-welln...
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What Wellness Influencers Don't Want You to Know
Andrea Ellis joins me to discuss the hidden incentives behind wellness influencers, how faith and conspiracy thinking intersect in this space, and how she now advocates for media literacy.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Prediction markets are pretty useful cutting through BS sometimes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u... polymarket.com/event/new-ha...
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Great American story open.substack.com/pub/matthewy... (I remember people saying "anything but country" - I might have said it...)
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Brian Heseung Kim @brhkim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Over the past six months, I've been teaching teams at places like Stanford, Penn, Northwestern, and many more how to start using AI responsibly+effectively in their work. Today, I'm starting to release my entire curriculum: for free, forever, for everyone!
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ESG is dead; long live ESG www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/profit-for...
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Profit for Good: Towards a Better Capitalism
Perhaps the unusual thing is not that some companies give away a significant share of their profits.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m biased but this has become my default feed now. I read almost every article it surfaces for me.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Academic freedom is a privilege and it makes no sense for us to incessantly antagonize the mainstream society whose good graces we depend on" www.popularbydesign.org/p/reality-ma... Very good stuff from @akoustov.bsky.social
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Reality May Have a Liberal Bias, but the Social Sciences Still Need Conservatives
Or why I was wrong about viewpoint diversity
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
substack.com/home/post/p-... "the idea of a free market economy polls substantially better than the idea of capitalism. The gap is present for all groups, but it’s especially pronounced among Democrats and especially especially among younger Democrats."
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Why free markets beat capitalism
Freedom is good; greed is not
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mobile phone location data suggests California fast-food restaurants cut on-site staffing by about 8 percent after the $20 wage was announced, with reductions starting months before the law took effect.
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California’s $20 fast-food wage: mobile phone data reveals staffing cuts started before the law took effect
Mobile phone location data suggests California fast-food restaurants cut on-site staffing by about 8 percent after the $20 wage was announced, with reductions starting months before the law took effect.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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You are quoting Bentham
You might have seen this poster hanging up in your English class:
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MySky Feed @mysky.social · 08/07/2026
A personalized feed designed for constructive conversation. Part of the GreenEarth family. Learn how it works and tell us what you think! [link]
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Big upside to the paradox of voting 👇
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Marcella Alsan @marcellaalsan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Open access in QJE!📢 Using newly assembled archival data, we show how the AMA's nationwide campaign against national health insurance, labeling it "socialized medicine" and promoting private insurance, helped steer the U.S. away from universal health care academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
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Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association
Abstract. This article examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.clearerthinking.org/post/what-ar...
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Study Report: Finding a broadly popular political policy platform
New research finds 28 policies that Left, Center, and Right voters all say would make them more likely to vote for a candidate, revealing common ground beneath America's political divide.
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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
From ex-wife of the ICE Agent who shot the innocent Mainer: "Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship."
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I built a free tool that coaches you through checking a claim with only as much effort as it actually needs. matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/i-built-a-...
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I Built a Tool That Coaches You Through Fact-Checking
The Lateral Reading Companion walks you through checking whether something is true, the way professional fact-checkers actually do it.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Incredibly good people www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n...
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Jayson Conner, 48, and Jeffrey Newman, 58, Die; Gave Thousands of Backpacks to Those in Need
The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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On rethinking coursework expectations in the era of AI: Raising the floor and the ceiling
What we can learn from high school English teachers and frontier AI model benchmarking
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Econ 101 ftw
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
80000hours.org/free-book/
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We’re mailing a free book to everyone who signs up for our newsletter.
Anyone who signs up to our newsletter can get a free book mailed to them. These books introduce important ideas for planning a high-impact career.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
People who see something broken and fix it because they can ❤️
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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The Most Important Decision For Animals in American History
The factory farms are trying to keep pigs in cages so they don't have to feed them as much. It's up to us to stop them.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Doesn't address biggest issue with the policy, that it makes students too competitive www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o... (the reason Princeton claims they dropped their policy share.google/aimode/7J0cE...)
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Write every email like you might be accidentally ccing the all faculty list
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#arXiv is banning researchers for one year whose manuscripts contain hallucinated references. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com, #WCRI2026
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Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban
The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...
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Opinion | Nothing Beats Polarization Like Civics Education
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/05/2026
It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Bluesky has been a net negative for US politics. They corralled everyone on the left into a little glass fishbowl where they shout at one another & everyone else ignores them. Meanwhile, all the pols & institutions stayed on X & are being dragged farther right.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Creed Bratton's 'Cool Beans' Moment in The Office
ALT: Creed Bratton's 'Cool Beans' Moment in The Office
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Love the harpoon
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...
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Opinion | The Nobel-Winning Psychologist Who Believed He Found the Secret to Happiness
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"Liberal education is that form of education that prepares individuals for the exercise of political liberty—in other words, for citizenship" www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rev...
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Colleges, Maybe Try Teaching!
Academia has become unrooted from pedagogy.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/05/2026
BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.
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aka.farm @akafarm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I don't want to live in a country where the executive has secret unreviewable powers like this www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
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Opinion | ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’
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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
@raskin.house.gov has the right response. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
www.persuasion.community/p/dont-blame...
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They Went Hard Against Woke. And Then… Went Even Harder Against Trump
Don’t blame the free speech crowd for Trump’s assaults on free expression.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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In Defense of the Moderate
In an era that prizes passion, “reasonableness” gets caricatured as political cowardice or bloodless neutrality. A new book says it’s exactly what we need.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Exporters Without Borders: Why You Should Start a Company Instead of Working in Aid – In Development
evidence and argument for a developing world
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What kind of Orwellian stuff is this? "addresses free speech on college campuses" by banning walkouts? I oppose the heckler's veto but come ON
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Jonathan Stray @jonathanstray.com · 27/03/2026
Could social media make us less polarized instead of more? We tested 5 algorithms on 3 platforms with 10,000 people for 6 months during the 2024 election, and found that the answer is yes. 🧵
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🤩🎉🍻
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"The sleep of reason produces monsters"
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Gurwinder @gurwinder.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” ― John Ruskin
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Not now, millions of scorpions. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
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Millions of scorpions emerging early sparks warning
Experts are reporting a spike in activity as the western U.S. faces a record-breaking heat wave.
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daniel f stone @dfstone.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Fix The News | Angus Hervey | Substack
Fix The News is the world's leading solutions journalism newsletter. We share hidden stories of progress with readers from 195 countries, and donate 30% of our revenues from our paid subscriptions to ...
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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Not sure who sees these posts, but if you do, AND... if you are political psychology-inclined, then I need your help. I'm trying to find a few "popular" style books that focus on psychology and politics, for an advanced undergraduate course. So far I have 2 in mind:
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