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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

@ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social
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Proud to be associated with: MIT Sloan School, USA, Sociology, Judaism Substack: open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuckerman… Writing book on Invention & Spread of the 7-day week. See Twitter @thefirstweek See also tinyurl.com/y53ruzde

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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
With so much awfulness in the news, here’s some good news about my eldest. Sharing with pride: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/s...
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Jack Sivan’s Suits Come Alive From the Waist Down
Jack Sivan started his namesake tailoring and men’s wear business after freelancing for luxury labels like the Row.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Episode 2 of O/I, on Black family reunions*, was one of the most rewarding projects I’ve had privilege to work on Deeply moving Deep lessons about the logic of collective identity *Wha??? The events with the t-shirts are important? Yup! #BlackHistoryMonth open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuck...
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Learning Deep, General Lessons from Black History
Yesterday marks the opening of a month dedicated to learning about, and from, the history of the Black experience in the United States (and the Americas more generally).
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Danielle Diettrich Hegseth is a very brave woman May she be successful in her mission & may she remain safe & secure
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is a good moment to remind ourselves that Eugene Goodman is an 🇺🇸 hero
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Saw #TheBrutalist last night Everyone I was with agreed it was among the worst movies we’ve ever seen Incoherent jumble of cliched ideas, unfollowable plot, uninteresting characters, self-indulgent pacing Anyone who tells you it’s good either has no taste or is afraid to name a naked emperor
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
As much as the algo at the old place could be annoying, the algo here makes this site next to useless Unless I’m missing something?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A new year’s post on the surprising, paradoxical gifts embedded in modern new years celebrations; on the roads not taken that could have made for a very different new year’s experience & on the hidden costs associated with those gifts Happy 2025! open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuck...
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What would New Year's be like had Britain Just Corrected the Julian Calendar Instead of Dumping It?
Imagine how anxious you would be if the calendar were altered in a substantial way.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This is the part the cretin wants us to think is *normal*
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Insane Robert Reich still hounding us for $$ even though no election anytime soon & Dems couldn’t parlay $1b of our cash into victory
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
My fav thing to do when seeing America from the sky is to see how much of the landscape is colonized by what— from a landscape perspective at least— will always be America’s favorite pastime
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Two months ago,🇮🇱 was so unsure of its victory over Hezb/🇮🇷 & so unaware of implications for Syria, it wanted 🇷🇺 as regional power to help enforce 🇮🇱 - 🇱🇧 deal Now Putin is powerless & humiliated in Middle East so pathetically reverting to Tsarist antisemitism www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Putin revives antisemitic trope, accusing Jews of tearing apart the Russian Orthodox Church
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
No sh*t?!
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Every word of 👇👇👇 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Luigi Mangione’s Commonplace, Deplorable Politics
From his actions, and the glee that they have elicited, one learns not that the health-care system is broken but that many people are.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The pot calling the kettle red
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Inshallah www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It sucks Tulsi isn’t in role soon enough to save Assad, innit?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Every word of this. 😡 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Biden’s Unpardonable Hypocrisy
The president vowed not to pardon his son Hunter—and then did so anyway.
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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
My collaborator & friend @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social has an interesting post on plagiarism & intellectual property theft, which is unfortunately quite common. One issue I’d add is the POSITIVE value of self-plagiarism for Data & Methods sections. ezrazuckermansivan.substack.com/p/why-do-sch...
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Why Do Scholars Only Care about Plagiarism when it's Students?
Post 3 of a series on lessons learned since October on campus
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Trump's pick to run the FBI wants to target Trump's critics. Forget about whether he *can*—the fact that he publicly stated he wants to, and that this didn't immediately disqualify him from getting anywhere near the government's top law enforcement agency, is a sign of our democracy's deterioration.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Interesting sociological mystery - why did Black Friday spread worldwide?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A post on the mysterious viral spread of “Black Friday” across the globe since 2005 The craziest cases are Venezuela & Iran!! The post frames the puzzle & the beginning of a theory inspired by @emollick.bsky.social’s classic take on Moore’s Law Comments please! open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuck...
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The Mysterious Viral Spread of Black Friday in the 2010s
I hope my fellow Americans are having a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and that those among us who are excited by “Black Friday” are enjoying that as well.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Excited to share episodes 6 & 7 of the Outider/Insider podcast, featuring special guest , our wonderful colleague, the political scientist Lily Tsai podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Episode 6:
Podcast Episode · Outsider / Insider · 11/21/2024 · 32m
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Boris Holzer @fernschreiber.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Confronted with falsehoods, people are "morally flexible": They do not mind statements contradicting the facts - if those support some higher "truth". Summary of a paper by @minjaekim22.bsky.social, Oliver Hahl, Ethan Poskanzer and @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social [autotranslated:] shorturl.at/3CzLd
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Fake News bei der US-Wahl 2024: Soziologie der politischen Lüge
Trump, Fake News und die politische Lüge in den Vereinigten Staaten: Ein Fünftel der demokratischen und sogar ein Viertel der repu­blikanischen Wähler hält Fakten für nicht so bedeutsam.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Fetterman ‘28 !!! x.com/dbashideas/s...
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Why did most Americans voters choose an anti-🇺🇸-authoritarian-grifter-narcissist-gangster-kleptocrat-lying demagogue? & how could they 4 yrs after narrowly escaping his violent attempt to subvert democracy? It’s a great question & one my coauthors & I have papers on But it’s unimportant now
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Puzzled why I keep on adding followers when I’ve barely posted here Am I listed on some starter pack of insufferable bshool-based sociologists?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Why are folks assuming the causal arrow runs from news consumption to MAGA?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Pretty obvious that had Trump said these were his cabinet picks he wouldn’t have won But will those who jumped on the Trump train get off now? Nope Bc the lifeblood of his movement is the logic of the cult: Get people to violate their principles & then they’ll be loyal to you forever
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
👇👇👇
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
One of the key reasons for pessimism: Trunpism reverses the usual relationship between liking a politician & voting for a politician (Short 🧵)
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I had one crazy-viral 🧵 that generated most of my followers It even got cited in the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/o... x.com/ewzucker/sta...
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Opinion | Seek the Truth. Full Stop. (Published 2018)
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I largely gave up on this platform soon after joining it It seemed clunky & limited not getting traction Lately there’s a pickup in new-follower notifications Since I’ve barely posted, I’m guessing this means the platform is growing Is that so? Why?
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
A post-election reflection: open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuck...
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Rebuilding a Future When Our World Comes Crashing Down
Raw reaction and ancient wisdom for the morning after
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Now put on Apple Podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Outsider / Insider
Listen to MIT Sloan's Outsider / Insider podcast on Apple Podcasts.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
Dame Maggie Smith was a wonderful actress, including as the Dowager on Downton Abbey It’s just too bad so many people remember this scene from D.T., which was based on woefully presentist/anachronistic history Why? 2 reasons: youtu.be/zhfpBW-nUWk?...
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Downton Abbey - "What Is A Weekend?"
YouTube video by Grizabella87
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
How can universities be so good at forging meaningful connections between people with diverse backgrounds— to the point they learn more about themselves & one another— but also suffer from “inclusion failures”? Check out episode 3 of Outsider/Insider!
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Excellent, scary piece, by @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social, in right-wing antisemitism & its roots in conspiracism Scary also ppl close to me reacting with ‘what about left A-S’ (also rooted in conspiracism) News flash: Both left & right wing AS can be scary As I told such friends:
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Must read piece by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social My 2 cents: The replication crisis has always been as much a crisis of bad theory as of bad method & it’ll never do to focus only on the latter
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Stefan Schubert @stefanschubert.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
So we need a culture where you're judged on whether what you literally said is in line with objective evidence. Paper by @minjaekim22.bsky.social , Oliver Hahl, Ethan Poskanzer and @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social theconversation.com/voters-moral... theconversation.com/voters-moral...
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Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation − if they believe the inaccurate info speaks to a larger truth
In a series of surveys, researchers studied when and why voters put up with inaccurate statements from their leaders.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
How can universities be so good at forging meaningful connections between people with diverse backgrounds— to the point they learn more about themselves & one another— but also suffer from “inclusion failures”? Check out episode 3 of Outsider/Insider!
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
For many Americans, facts are less important than deep moral “truths.” (@minjaekim22.bsky.social Oliver Hahl, Ethan Poskanzer & @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240625-top...
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Forthcoming research paper delves into the reasons both Democrats and Republicans permit the spreading of misinformation when it articulates a deeper truth that captures their grievances. (@ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/240522-top...
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
New substack post, part b to my piece on why the Israel-Palestine conflict is so intractable: To Lump or Split? Lessons from Penslar vs. Wolfe's Use of "Settler Colonialism" to Analyze Zionism open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuck...
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
If you want to put a smile on your face with amazement at what’s timeless in the human condition, this always does the trick
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Wow— that means a tremendous amount coming from a serious game theorist like you, Heski 🙏🙏🙏 for even reading it!
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Heski Bar-Isaac @profeski.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
This is insightful. I've already passed it on to some friends and family.
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Colleagues: Over last 10 days, I’ve heard from colleagues at 4 diff universities of similar moral panic- driven misinformation sharing episodes, all which greatly exacerbate panic over #AntiSemitismOnCampus Please email me if you’ve got more cases of this For bkgrround, see x.com/ewzucker/sta...
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
A challenge these days is how the untutored can invest a bit of time to get a decent level of sophistication & historical context re 🇮🇱-🇵🇸 conflict Here’s what I just recommended to someone & why I also share this essay of mine open.substack.com/pub/ezrazucker…
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Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Incredibly grateful to Yael Berda for this (tinyurl.com/2p9y5mjb) generous & useful chat about my essay on why I-P conflict is so intractable open.substack.com/pub/ezrazucker…) Bc of our chat, my next substack post will be on why, even though ‘subsuming’ a theory in a larger theory often feels+
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