Some very depressing forecasts on the impact of USAID cuts in the recent @asteriskmag.bsky.social special edition: asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-...
Alexander Berger
California High Speed Rail has had real issues, many of them common to other transportation infrastructure projects, but one of its biggest obstacles has been insufficient funding. Read this deep dive for more of the story: asteriskmag.com/issues/10/re...
I think the current state of social science research is pretty bad and I wrote something for @asteriskmag.bsky.social about it. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/ca...
For the past month, @asteriskmag.bsky.social has been working with a group of forecasters for a series on the mortality impacts of the Trump Administration's USAID cuts
5 forecasts, transparent and probabilistic, on PEPFAR, malaria, TB, nutrition, and WASH asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-s...
Monday's Most Read # 1 - Traffic Fatalities Are a Choice link.theoverheadwire.com/uw8ka @asteriskmag.bsky.social
Ryan Briggs
Californians for Electric Rail
Super fun interview with @asteriskmag.bsky.social in which we talk about "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) but also:
- is "indoctrination for democracy" desirable?
- is low education quality driven by "low state capacity"?
and more!
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Jake Eaton
Building a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco was never going to be easy — but the critics who write it off are missing the real source of the project’s struggles.
Research scandals make headlines, but that AI materials science paper is still just the tip of the iceberg
@ryancbriggs.net walks through the gauntlet of issues in the research published in even our most reputable peer-reviewed journals
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"The primary purpose behind the creation of primary education systems was to convert unruly children into obedient citizens who would respect the state and its laws." asteriskmag.com/issues/10/wh...
We hereby declare an end to the "boondoggle" meme asteriskmag.com/issues/10/re...
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Everyone likes the idea of evidence-based policy, but it’s hard to realize it when our most reputable social science journals are still publishing poor quality research.
Building a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco was never going to be easy — but the critics who write it off are missing the real source of the project’s struggles.
