If there's one piece of fiction you read this week, this month, this year, it has to be this one. The quiet strength of this magic&tragic love story amidst the backdrop of racial tensions in post-riot Singapore,,, so proud of Claire Chee, so worth the sweat blood and tears <3

Kinda crazy but unsurprising find about the social dynamics/ peer effects of class: the benefits (career, social outcomes) of exposure to "high-status" peers accrue only to students ALREADY from high-status backgrounds... ...also what a crazy dataset!

BRAINY MCBRAINY Tilman Graff I am calling you this from now on, this is fab

I'm preparing for a lecture on Dorothy Tse 謝曉虹 and came across a short essay she wrote called "Writing Between Languages" and there is really a lot to learn about Hong Kong literature and how she positions her writing from it. Here are a few small excerpts that I like: 1/11

**How socioeconomically diverse is the economics profession?** New Peterson Institute working paper by @SchultzzyRun & myself, building on some stats I showed in an (unexpectedly viral!) Twitter thread in November. 10 Key Facts - and some discussion - below: piie.com/publications/w…

New evidence on the extent and determinants of educational inequality, its connection to social mobility, and widening education gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic, from Jo Blanden, Matthias Doepke, and Jan Stuhler nber.org/papers/w29979

what an honour it was to translate 裁云记 by 陈春成 for this issue of Spittoon 🩷

Really exciting work in AI and Organisations happening at HKU - was glad to be there!

We're delighted that longtime contributor Arthur Sze has been named our new Poet Laureate! The included poem "Oolong" appeared in our Autumn 1993 issue. This piece carries much needed wisdom and grace, and you can read it at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/piece/october-…

A fantastic day 1 of the The University of Chicago AI in Social Science conference! Thanks to the amazing participants, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, MiiE Lab, and esp Becker Friedman Institute for Economics for such an engaging day! A delightfully thought-provoking keynote by Jon Kleinberg capped off the day! bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event/2…

Excited to present my JMP MIT IDE this week! Join us in Sloan Building E62, Room 550, or virtually at link below. Thank you John Horton & Benjamin Manning for making this happen! And ofc amazing coauthor Bnaya Dreyfuss (also on job market!) Virtual link here: eventbrite.com/e/fall-2025-id…

Looking forward to presenting at CIST and INFORMS in Atlanta later today and tomorrow! Please come say hi if you're around!