I quantify the cutthroat nature of the music industry by measuring the half life of hit songs — the time they spend above 50% of their peak popularity.
I quantify the cutthroat nature of the music industry by measuring the half life of hit songs — the time they spend above 50% of their peak popularity.
I crunch the numbers on COVID vaccines. No surprises … they’re going overwhelmingly to rich countries.
I take a detailed look at the quantitative ritual that orders our social world.
It has been an … interesting month. But I did manage to finish a small project.
A rapid-fire post about Nitzan and Bichler’s buy-to-build indicator.
I’m starting a postdoc in July.
I explore the power struggle behind ‘free speech’.
I discuss Suaste Cherizola’s prize-winning essay ‘From Commodities to Assets’
My talk given to the University of Texas Energy Symposium.
Have humans always been egalitarian? The evolutionary evidence suggests not.