Uncovering the Big Five Human Mindsets with graph theory
“This analysis and other work is slowly but surely helping us build a computational model of how emotions work. This understanding will allow us to create technologies that are more responsive to human wants and needs. In addition, by understanding the underlying structure of emotion transitions, we will get better at navigating the emotion roadmap ourselves. “

Why social welfare states need the US
“in the world equilibrium, it is not a best response for the cutthroat capitalists to switch to a more cuddly form of capitalism.”

How to Raise High-Achieving Kids
“see that they’re born overseas, but bring them to America before they hit their teens.”

Can progressive economists join forces with the church?
“And if you look at the history of successful campaigns to effect change in America, they tend to be based overwhelmingly on the power of storytelling, often of the moral variety, rather than on the power (which is always pretty limited) of logical argument. Narratives — stories — move people in a way that Stiglitz’s econometrics never could.”