"For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks." The point of mimicry is to confuse (b) with (c). Sometimes (d).

Really sad youtube.com/watch?v=y0TU-N…

On Monday, Putin said Ukraine does not exist. Last night, he began his bid to wipe it from the map. But Ukraine is a real place, with a real history, and it will never be erased. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Come join us in Split!

Excited to teach at the 3rd FEBT Summer School in Behavioral Economics in Split, Croatia – with Zvonimir Bašić, @a_romano90, Fernando P. Santos, and many others! There's still time to apply, so please join us: summer.efst.hr/Courses/One-we…

Jia et al. experimentally show that when individuals can tailor their actions to each neighbour - a freedom termed social networking agency - they display higher cooperation, trust and fairness in economic games. Ivan Romic Petter Holme nature.com/articles/s4156…