The Vivek tweet flopped because it fundamentally misunderstood American culture. The US values neither slackers nor nerds. The heroic archetype was Ferris Bueller: intelligent, entrepreneurial, rebellious, hard working, confident, carpe diem. 1/n
Neil Malhotra
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Neil Malhotra
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Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy @StanfordGSB. Director of Center for Social Innovation. Author, "Leading with Values" (Cambridge Univ Press)
- Over 43% of white admitted students at Harvard are legacies, athletes, donors, or faculty/staff children. “Our model of admissions shows that roughly three quarters of white ALDC admits would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs.” public.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/lega…
- Can somebody explain to me why wokism is so fixated on the falsehood that slavery is good for economic growth? Isn't it actually a pretty awesome finding from economic history that slavery is bad for the economy?As if anyone needed a reminder that Yglesias is a world-class ignoramus.
- Replying to @namalhotraI watched the movie again recently and it surprised me that the real hero/center of the film is Cameron Frye, the nerd who is best friends with the cool kid. The point of the film is Ferris teaching Cameron to enjoy a full, confident life while succeeding. 3/3
- In his dissertation, my graduate student showed that political endorsements by scientific publications: (1) don't convince anyone about politics; (2) make people less likely to believe scientists when it comes to vaccines, health advisories, etc.Scientific American endorse Harris. Which is good and obviously a pro-evidenced based and scientific stance. Cue: all the data bros going eeeuuuhh science isn’t political and meeeeeh science shouldn’t take sides waaaah.
- The reason MIT gets away with not having legacy admissions is because if your mom/dad went to MIT and you suck at math, there's sort of universal agreement it's not a good fit. But if your mom/dad was an engineering major at Harvard, you can major in gov and get a job at Goldman.The argument that legacy status in college admissions is wholly necessary to keeping endowments high, really falls apart when you consider the fact that MIT doesn't have legacy admissions but, at a whopping $25 billion, has the 6th largest endowment in America.
- Replying to @namalhotraAll of the other characters mentioned (Zak Morris, The Fresh Prince) are really just ripoffs of the Ferris character. Ferris is not lazy, but his hard work and intelligence are channeled to being disruptive. 2/n
- I don't think people understand how insane this is. This is the neighborhood where kids have SAT books piled up while helping at their parent's dry cleaning store or delivery restaurant.Big swing in this 89% Asian (mostly Chinese) precinct in Flushing, Queens: 2016: D+41 2020: D+21 2024: R+8
- Alternative headline: Millennials understand theory of comparative advantage developed two centuries ago.Millennial dads have pathetic DIY skills compared to baby boomers trib.al/eHmcS15
- Replying to @erasmuse and @VivekGRamaswamyYou likely haven't seen this movie in 15 years. I challenge you to wire your home intercom system with a delayed tape recording without Google Home! Or write a computer program to hack into your school's attendance tracking system!
- Some professional/personal news. According to Spotify, I am in the top 3% globally of Taylor Swift listeners.
- Replying to @reznavajoWhat I love about MIT is to graduate with a bachelor's degree in English or History, you need to take: multivariate calculus, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and SWIMMING!
- These statistics are not meaningful without considering the challengers. In 2022, Walz beat an extremely qualified moderate Republican. In 2022, Shapiro beat a terrible, extremist candidate.Mark Kelly wouldn't be a bad VP pick, but, from an electoral perspective, Josh Shapiro is clearly the best. He greatly outperformed the baseline in PA in 2022 & now has a 61% favorable rating. IMPT: the chance PA determines the presidential winner is higher than any other state
00:00 - I am excited to announce the launch of Aletheia, a new platform for communicating peer-evaluated research. My collaborator on this project is @JakeJares. aletheia-platform.netlify.app 1/14
