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Erez Yoeli

@erezyoeli.bsky.social
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Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Director, Applied Cooperation Initiative Co-author, Hidden Games Research focus: How to motivate people to do good

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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Pinker on authoritarians’ fear of — and use of — common knowledge: www.persuasion.community/p/why-author...
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Why Authoritarians Fear Common Knowledge
An excerpt from Steven Pinker’s new book “When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…”
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What are the downsides to this? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/w...
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France Bans Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls
Companies will no longer be allowed to advertise goods and services through cold calls without previous consent from consumers.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Two main takeaways from Jim Heckman’s class in the mid-aughts: (1) the literature found essentially nil effects of funding on educational outcomes, and (2) obv more funding is better, the lit just hadn’t yet found its effects.
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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Kudos to @science.org for this self-analysis of the peer review process. These kind of data are never shared and don't have to be. Wildly refreshing to see it out in the open. Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals
Analyses of deidentified data reveal complex interactions that quantify success at elite general science journals.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Fact avoidance" involves biased search and revelation of evidence. In Hidden Games, we used simple game theory models to show how such forms of spin can arise and persist - even when everyone knows it's going on.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Skygest is my politics-free happy place.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/eiko...
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Oi vai.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 19/07/2026
"findings suggest that the rise of private health insurance in the US was not solely due to macroeconomic forces or collective bargaining; it was also enabled by a strategic, interest group–financed effort to shape citizen views and influence policy." 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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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yeah but ha anyone even heard of these authors?
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Gatekeeper Snow White
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Key open questions, IMO: What kinds of flexibility do norms tend to have? How often do we observe such flexibility?
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Man Shrugs in Sunglasses
ALT: Man Shrugs in Sunglasses
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"... rigid moral rules act as a social technology: they trade efficiency for robustness, extending the reach of reputation-based cooperation."
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It’s a choice they make *in equilibrium. It’s not something most individuals can just change on their own.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Huh. Interesting that anti-car is equated with anti-American.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Tiny Violin Sarcasm
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This used to be the definition of a true patriot, too
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The benefits accrue to the pols not their constituents
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Not just the national park, also the public park!
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Couple Dancing Excitedly in Central Park
ALT: Couple Dancing Excitedly in Central Park
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There is a huge mismatch between what voting is supposed to achieve, and what it actually achieves.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Like most pundits, Noah is uneven. This wasn’t one of his better articles. But I learn enough from him overall.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
... rock and roll, hip hop, etc. etc. etc. The U.S. has been a real innovator.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How much does a scientific claim change between the preprint and the final published paper, post peer review? LLM was used to track 72,644 bioRxiv/journal pairs from 2018-25 The primary claim was unchanged in 39.9% of papers, mildly revised in 50.0%, and substantially changed in only 10.2%.
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Tracking claim changes from preprint to publication across 72,644 biomedical studies using large language models
Preprints now disseminate a large share of biomedical research before peer review. Because they have not yet passed peer review, some scientists regard preprint claims as unverified or potentially unr...
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
H/t @markhisted.org
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Trust in science is falling, but: - it remains high - the drop is no larger than for other institutions - the reduction is concentrated amongst the political right www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story
Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#lifegoals
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Scalia: we should follow the letter of the law Gorsuch: when it helps our team bsky.app/profile/pete...
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What he said. bsky.app/profile/zing...
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today’s 5-4 ruling is a powerful reminder that the law does not enforce itself.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#freeriding
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What does it tell you about the court that I already know the answer?
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Seems like a good day to re-up this question.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Terms of art sometimes take on a life of their own. That’s fine, but it’s useful to know how others interpret what we say.
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Chris Tucker: Do You Understand?
ALT: Chris Tucker: Do You Understand?
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Probably, the conflation originates with Pigou. He focused on externalities rooted in cooperation problems such as pollution or railroad sparks starting fires in adjacent farmland. But because his definition hinged on unpriced impacts on others, it was broader.
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Sparks Blender 3D
ALT: Sparks Blender 3D
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Curious that we lump both kinds of problems under the label “externality”.
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Ross Geller: Why Would You Do That?
ALT: Ross Geller: Why Would You Do That?
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New WP rightly argues that externalities rooted in coordination problems (e.g., network externalities) differ from those rooted in cooperation problems (e.g., pollution), and require different solutions.
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Same Same But Different Neon Sign
ALT: Same Same But Different Neon Sign
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
T/F/U England transitioned to coal because it had cut down all its forests. F - It was the other way around. When coal became available, they were free to clear forests for farmland!
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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We Can Fly! Peter Pan and Wendy
ALT: We Can Fly! Peter Pan and Wendy
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I think his opinion on this is pretty far from the profession’s mainstream.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This one really gets under my skin.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Sheesh. Helluva arrangement.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great fit and camera
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Garret Sutton Says 'Super Sharp'
ALT: Garret Sutton Says 'Super Sharp'
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
💀
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
bUt HE bUiLDs THe besT RoCKetS
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The nice thing about this case is that it's not dominated by partisanship. Other cases tend to be (e.g., Brexit, Obamacare).
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is a really interesting case, illustrating quirks of our psychology, and the limits of participatory politics.
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Off-topic PSA: Wonderful new recording of Rach's The Bells and Symphonic Dances. By the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir, led by Karina Canellakis. Enjoy! music.apple.com/us/album/rac...
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Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances by Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 7 Songs
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Basically anytime I write anything
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Beautiful colors and texture
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Man Posing with Hat - Mtnv Renard
ALT: Man Posing with Hat - Mtnv Renard
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Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Everything he has done in his life tbh
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