Robb Willer
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Professor of Sociology, Psychology, & OB @Stanford. Director of Politics and Social Change Lab, Co-Direct @StanfordPACS. Obsessive basketball fan
Palo Alto, CA
Joined August 2014
Saturday's No Kings protests were massive, inclusive, and nonviolent. It was an honor to team up with @owasow to analyze how nonviolent resistance can wins hearts, minds, and elections.
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I agree with this take. Time for UC to reconsider the choice not to use SAT and ACT. Contributor: UC should go back to considering standardized tests in admissions - Los Angeles Times
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The five-year experiment in ignoring SAT and ACT results has failed. Continuing it would be a disservice to students who aren't prepared for college.
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Cameras, like all high-tech law enforcement tools (and all things in life, really), come with tradeoffs. There is strong evidence that they bring important public safety benefits - because they increase the likelihood that offenders are caught quickly. (This brings
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I keep being told by the right that Trump is defending our culture. Is this your culture? What qualities of Trump are worth your children emulating?
Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person… Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
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@awkwardgoogle Little girl mistakes old man for Santa Claus and he adorably plays along ❤️ This is adorable 🥰
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Celebrate gaming’s biggest night with epic deals on award‑winning titles!
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What started as a cute gesture turned into a long-standing tradition between this player and the reporter🥹 https://t.co/AX0AVamMa4
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Displaying the menorah in a window for Hanukkah is an act of bravery that says there are Jews in your community. This is the hope we have for all people in multicultural society that values freedom, peace, and solidarity (Inspired by a Bluesky post from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein)
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What I wish people would realize about anti-semitism is that it isn't enough to say "it's theoretically possible to harshly criticize Israel without being anti-semitic". Yes it is. But lots of Palestinian Cause types traffic in anti-semitism and don't face sufficient opprobrium.
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Come join the amazing team at the Stanford @DigEconLab! If you're finishing your PhD and want to pursue breakthrough research on AI and Economics, please come work with us: https://t.co/Z6JTYty7Xg
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The Stanford Digital Economy Lab seeks a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow. The position will have a priority project led by Professor Erik Brynjolfsson and the opportunity to work with other faculty and...
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Is it healthy that liberal confidence went up so quickly at the same time?
Conservatives' confidence in the scientific community continues to crater.
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A verdict rooted in evidence, not emotion. A region moving toward cooperation, not division. As India and Bangladesh reset their relationship, The Print’s analysis cuts through noise and disinformation to explain why the Hasina trial marked a turning point for justice.
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Terrific social psych paper ( how often do you hear that from me?). Adversarial collab on how much measures of "implicit bias" predict racial discrim. tl;dr: N>2000 1. Pro-Black discrimination>pro-White discrimination 2. Implicit measures predicted discrim (std reg coeff=.16) a
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PDF | The idea that racial prejudice contributes to discrimination not only deliberately but also in a more automatic fashion has been one of the most... | Find, read and cite all the research you...
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Did a fun, short podcast for @ASANews where I talk about #Jeopardy and social science, based on my new @SPQuarterly article: https://t.co/DhuNOqmWL3
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Those who hope to experience the wonders of the United States — from Yellowstone to Disneyland to Independence Hall — should not have to fear that self-censorship is a condition of entry. Requiring temporary visitors here for a vacation or business to surrender five years of
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A week after FIFA gave Trump a newly created award and made him a focal point of the World Cup draw. And with no real explanation.
In a dramatic turnabout, the Justice Dept asked to dismiss its case against two defendants convicted in the FIFA corruption case (Hernan Lopez & Full Play Group) Lopez had been seeking cert from SCOTUS. DOJ gave no explanation other than it was in the "interests of justice."
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@Groundwork @KatieJWells @ConsumerReports @MorePerfectUS @bencasselman @nytimes “This isn’t about managing scarcity or efficient markets,” I said. It’s about “pushing to figure out the maximum amount you are willing to pay and squeeze it out of you.” 5/9
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The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.
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Right now, Instacart is quietly running experiments on millions of us while we shop for groceries online. They are trying to figure out exactly how much they can get away with charging you for breakfast cereal, lunch meat, pasta, and everything in between. How do I know? 1/9
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What fucktastical idiocy is this?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
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We are on track to reduce our compute advantage over China from 33 to 1 to 1.2 to one because @nvidia and Jensen Huang put millions of dollars in Trump’s pocket in order to enrich themselves at the rest of our expense
The US has reportedly decided to approve exports of NVIDIA’s H200 chip to China. This gives Chinese AI labs chips that outperform anything China can make until ~2028. How big a deal this is depends on how many we export. Thread with key charts from our new report...
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The percentage of Harvard students receiving disability accommodations has risen from about 3% in 2014 to 21% in 2024. The Harvard Crimson published this graphic showing the rise at Harvard and several other elite schools. Watch Brown and Stanford too!
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