ConfirmationBiasIO

1/ A weird adage has emerged that "attention is the most valuable and scarce resource in the world" It is finite, it is important, and it is more fought over than ever before. There is not evidence is the 'most', or even super-valuable; plus competition is eroding bottomline — Matt Ball (CES 7-9; YYZ 10; […]

An income share agreement is simply a financial instrument that lets people pay their tuition after (and only if) they get a high paying job. The total dollar amount matters (that’s why we cap it), but what matters more is eliminating the financial risk if it doesn’t work out. — Austen Allred (@Austen) January 4, […]

The best analytical advice possible for times like these, where a bunch of idiots on Twitter are talking about how war is imminent, comes from this 2016 @jfmnightwatch piece on North Korea: pic.twitter.com/zOmFiVLff8 — Quantian (@quantian1) January 3, 2020

The @nytimes 21st Nov 1922: “Reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded …he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic…” https://t.co/nU9MI4tmuv — Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 2, 2020

for the love of all whatever remains please follow the lead of reporters like @JaneLytv and the breaking news desk @BuzzFeedNews: think hard before you share that thing about which you, personally, know very little but about which you feel strongly. And then don’t share it. — stacy-marie ishmael (@s_m_i) January 3, 2020

Americans and members of American media naturally fall in line during times of war. There’s a real possibility the narrative and reality will shift in the next few days. Rabid nationalism. Worship of militarism. Forgiveness of authoritarian behavior. Be prepared. — Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 3, 2020

I was too raw to post a chipper "year in review" tweet. So here's one with sex and shit and divorce and love. This is for my friends, and for all the folks out there whose year didn't go as planned, either. https://t.co/x6y5LDWJUj — Dr. Rachel Bernhard (@RIBernhard) January 1, 2020

1) Reflections on 2019 – Although the stock markets performed well last year; my own portfolio lagged by a country mile – my worst underperformance since the 2008 global bust! Here are some of the key lessons I relearnt last year – contd… — Puru Saxena (@saxena_puru) January 1, 2020

So I'm helping a kid I know with some college applications and I have some thoughts. My friend has a GPA of over 4.0 and a star in track and cross-country. She grew up Black in a white rural town in CA–oh and she's homeless. She's living with a friend's family. — Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) […]