But where is the God-Emperor’s throne?

Didn’t have time to go inside but the outside fully realizes a unique vision.

It looks so unreal even from across that street I kept expecting to realize it was just a giant AI-generated painting.

pretty cool new solar punk building in Shanghai

Ah! I thought you were doing some kind of even more elaborate pun assuming common knowledge of the mome raths and riffing even further.

excellent paper. worth reading for anyone interested in competing AI models.

New paper out at AJPS: "The limits of AI for authoritarian control." The more repression there is, the less information exists in AI's training data, and the worse the AI performs.

Are you trying to blame the mome raths?

Is China's college entrance system better or worse than ours? Listen to my interview with Ruixue Jia of UCSD and Stanford's Hongbin Li and let me know what you think! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-highest-...

Our campus pool and locker rooms now have prominent signs banning any cell phone use of any kind. Imagine a bar where no one is taking photos or staring at their phone.

How do China's tech firms balance between the demands of the state and the expectations of their users? Danie Stockmann and @Ting Luo explain in my latest interview on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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New podcast out! @ningleng.bsky.social on how local governments in China pressure private firms to serve the interests of the party-state. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @mccourtschool.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/politicizing...

Interested in "irrational" economic behavior? Check out my interview with @aleximas.bsky.social on his new behavioral economics book "The Winner's Curse" posted on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. My co-host on this episode is my colleague @robizon.bsky.social. newbooksnetwork.com/the-winners-...

Open letter Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.

There's still time to sign! And please share.

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More than 700 people (including me) have signed on to this petition against visa restrictions on Chinese students. It’s worth a read to understand why this Trump-Rubio move is yet another own goal and bad for American interests… medium.com/@lawasia/pet...

Maybe we could invent a system where someone streams music to people who like it, then donates a little bit to the performers for every stream. And if they really like an artist then folx go to concerts and donate a lot of money all at once. We could call music funded in this way “popular” music.

line at nintendo store

Big line at the new Nintendo store on Union Square!

How does Xi Jinping think about the Chinese economy and where will he take it? Check out my interview with Nick Borst on his new book "The Bird and the Cage." newbooksnetwork.com/the-bird-and...

Plastics!

Those other people definitely need to get better at admitting they were wrong. I would, too, if I were ever wrong.

Thank you, University of San Francisco, for the wonderful opportunity to share insights from my economics book, Hate the Game. We had an amazing turnout of people who came with engaging questions 😀

Sign up this weekend to meet @hatethegamebook.com in San Francisco next week!

Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game

Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar The Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Daryl is the chief economist of Redfin, author of Hate the Game (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) and a contribut...

The Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather!

Join us on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the University of San Francisco.
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If you are in Los Angeles or the Bay Area next week come see my talk about Hate the Game at USC or USF (RSVP links in replies)

Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar The Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar is thrilled to welcome Daryl Fairweather! Daryl is the chief economist of Redfin, author of Hate the Game (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) and a contribut...

If you are in the Bay Area, come join us after work a week from Thursday for her in-person talk at the University of San Francisco. Signups here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hate the game? Check out my New Books Network interview with @fairweatherphd.bsky.social, in which we discuss her new book on how game theory can help with getting a job, getting a raise, finding and choosing a place to live, romantic partnerships, and more. newbooksnetwork.com/hate-the-game

Home The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China.

Apply to Cohort IX of the Public Intellectual Program with the National Committee on US-China Relations! Seems like a really pertinent time to get together new voices of public intellectuals on US-China dialogue. DM me with any questions about the program:

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

A cat in a box labeled hegemony

A little cat with big plans.