Lionel Page
@page_eco
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Professor UQ. Director @UQCUBES. Editor JESA. Tweets on economics, psychology, & society. Book: Optimally Irrational, https://t.co/6gTPWKTvih
Brisbane
Joined January 2017
This cynical take from Schopenhauer cannot work as an equilibrium in games of communication. If people never back down, what’s the point of trying to convince each other? .Hence, there are benefits to backing down: the reputational benefits of being seen as intellectually honest.
Arthur Schopenhauer on why you should never back down in an argument even when you're wrong.
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RT @Prashant_Garg_: The stronger a scientist’s political post, the more it hurts their credibility and engagement. Especially with people w….
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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Political spin in the 7th century BC, by the scribes of the Assyrian Empire.
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RT @koenfucius: There’s a lot more calculation to establishing friendships than you might realize. @page_eco exposes and explores the game….
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RT @marino_beiras: A new great post by @page_eco. It gave me a better understanding of friendship in my own life (e.g. why I have difficult….
optimallyirrational.com
Everything you have always wanted to know on friendship
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Everything you ever wanted to know about friendship: why it feels good, has its rituals, and sometimes brings anxiety. The puzzles of friendship make sense once we unpack its strategic layers. (link in comment)
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RT @michaeldweiss: Hitler killed himself in a bunker, Mussolini was executed, and Germany and Japan were occupied.
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RT @jayvanbavel: I've been saying this for ages: banning standardized tests allows rich people to game the system.
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RT @Afinetheorem: On the UBI studies: result in basically no big life, health, job changes but also it isn't just wasted on drugs. Money is….
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RT @OlegUrminsky: A story: 57 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded then Czechoslovakia, to stop the modest liberalization and increased tole….
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RT @marino_beiras: I loved this article by @page_eco. Highly recommended.
optimallyirrational.com
With a few examples
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Interesting discussion about recent studies on the effects of a basic income.
It's a bit painful for me to share this, but I respect @KelseyTuoc (and @evavivalt) a lot, and I think they're basically right: the most rigorous recent studies on basic income and cash transfers (in rich countries) have yielded pretty disappointing results.
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RT @ianbremmer: pretty sure vladimir putin could end the war immediately, considering he's the one that invaded
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