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Oct 4, 2019 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Am super jealous of coauthor ⁦@BigBigBLessing⁩ and his mug from Rio’s prison secretary. Reads “Liberty of the hostage: Our reason for existing”

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Apparently this is how they arrived. Best gift basket ever? Image

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Jul 30
On Venezuela, some semi-informed reflections from afar (and from other cases):

Obviously the previous regime (and to some extent this one) has endured large scale protests before with unexpected fortitude

At the same time…
…the handling of the election and the way Maduro announced victory this time seemed way more inept than in the past. Whereas before they were amazingly skillful this seems inept. Especially when they had so much time to prepare. It was a car crash in slow motion.
I don’t want to oversimplify literature on repression, but a rough pattern: moderate repression often backfires on regime, generating more anger than fear. Strong & certain repression often works. Unclear is whether Maduro has the support or state capacity to repress strongly
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Nov 2, 2023
I checked in on a friend the other day to see how he was doing. He’s not Israeli, but like many Jewish Americans he has close friends & family who are near the attacks or being called up to fight. He’s worried & mourning & also a little demoralized. He said something powerful.
What’s so disconcerting, he said, is that here are a set of truly heinous acts by Hamas. Why isn’t there universal condemnation, without qualification?

When others are terrorized, the world seems quicker to sympathize. How can Jews like him not feel somewhat abandoned?
I too was surprised by the tone & vehemence of some reactions on the left. To me it’s like 2015, when I was surprised just how many Americans still held white nationalist views. We all knew those extreme & hateful opinions were there. We just didn’t realize how many there were.
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Jul 14, 2023
Just hired a 21yo for their first job. What basic professional advice do they need? Here's what I tell all my new staff, but perhaps you can add. I'll start small.

1/ Use an online calendar. Have a foolproof system of reminders, so you never forget a deadline or obligation.
2/ Use the calendar to schedule intensive work time, not just meetings. Some kinds of work (like research or coding or writing) benefits from long, uninterrupted blocks of time. Most people schedule meetings only, and don't schedule these long blocks. Do both.
3/ Organize your contacts. Make a habit of saving everyone's names, emails and other contact info in a way that syncs across your devices. Keep notes of key info, like birthdays and the names of spouses and children.
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Jun 24, 2023
An unexpected joy of being at the ⁦@BeckerFriedman⁩ political economy conference in Paris is having ⁦@k_sonin⁩ give us a real-time paper presentation on events as they evolve in the previous 24h. Will try to capture some of the main points.

Forgive me in advance for all the ways I will misunderstand and misquote Kostyra
Prigozhin, he reminds us, is not autonomous but is essentially a branch of Russian military and intelligence
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May 25, 2023
Looking for alternatives to policing? So was the mayor of Medellin. In 2018, we worked with his govt to choose 80 neighborhoods. In half, the city intensified civilian staff and problem-solving 10-fold, for 2 years. The results were... unexpected.

Paper: osf.io/preprints/soca… Image
In Colombia, Mayors have limited control of police. A national institution, they report to the Minister of Defense. Cities can't grow their forces. So, cities build Secretariats of Security—civilian bureaucracies that solve disputes & try to keep order in neighborhoods. Image
The 40 sectors were ~10 blocks large, with ~2000 people. Each got a full-time "liaison" for 2y—a city worker who would help community groups organize, connect people to city services, refer disputes to resolution officers and family services, & facilitate local police relations. Image
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Apr 15, 2023
300 people committed most of the shoplifting in a city of 9 million. A useful reminder that most crime & violence is committed by a tiny number of people, and that nearly every effective social or policing problem has to be hyper targeted or it will fail.
nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyr…
American cities need to fix poverty, policing, and a long list of other issues. That will take decades. Finding and intervening with 300 people is much different, much easier, and could be done this year if a mayor had the motive and the right team.
It’s even true for murder. Here’s the randomized trial.
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