Dan Goldstein
@dggoldst.bsky.social
Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research NYC. AI, Economics, Decision Science.
It's been 14 years and I wonder if the person in Call Me Maybe ever called.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's been 14 years and I wonder if the person in Call Me Maybe ever called.
Despite its flaws, AI is amazing
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Despite its flaws, AI is amazing
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Magentic Marketplace is an open-source simulation environment for studying how AI agents interact and transact in digital markets. Its modular design lets researchers experiment with different market setups, agent behaviors, and system dynamics at scale. msft.it/6014tMvva
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Magentic Marketplace is an open-source simulation environment for studying how AI agents interact and transact in digital markets. Its modular design lets researchers experiment with different market setups, agent behaviors, and system dynamics at scale. msft.it/6014tMvva
Reposted by Dan Goldstein
Reposted by Dan Goldstein
AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: msft.it/6014tyz9q
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: msft.it/6014tyz9q
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Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Yang, A. X., & Teow, J. (2025). Framing affects postdecision preferences through self-preference inferences (and probably not dissonance). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 574–595. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
Yang, A. X., & Teow, J. (2025). Framing affects postdecision preferences through self-preference inferences (and probably not dissonance). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 574–595. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Yang, A. X., & Teow, J. (2025). Framing affects postdecision preferences through self-preference inferences (and probably not dissonance). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 574–595. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
Yang, A. X., & Teow, J. (2025). Framing affects postdecision preferences through self-preference inferences (and probably not dissonance). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 574–595. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
I have an electric toothbrush that pulses every 30 seconds to let you know when to switch to another quadrant of your mouth.
Number of times I have stood there obeying it for 2 minutes: 0
Number of times I have stood there obeying it for 2 minutes: 0
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I have an electric toothbrush that pulses every 30 seconds to let you know when to switch to another quadrant of your mouth.
Number of times I have stood there obeying it for 2 minutes: 0
Number of times I have stood there obeying it for 2 minutes: 0
Reposted by Dan Goldstein
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
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November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Reposted by Dan Goldstein
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Duckworth et al (2025). A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized. PNAS, 122(13), e2418616122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Duckworth et al (2025). A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized. PNAS, 122(13), e2418616122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Duckworth et al (2025). A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized. PNAS, 122(13), e2418616122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Duckworth et al (2025). A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized. PNAS, 122(13), e2418616122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Quick update from Peru
The Incas somehow shaped rocks to have flat faces and precise angles so they fit together with no gaps.
The top of the wall was reconstructed later and has big gaps.
Some things get worse as time goes on.
The Incas somehow shaped rocks to have flat faces and precise angles so they fit together with no gaps.
The top of the wall was reconstructed later and has big gaps.
Some things get worse as time goes on.
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Quick update from Peru
The Incas somehow shaped rocks to have flat faces and precise angles so they fit together with no gaps.
The top of the wall was reconstructed later and has big gaps.
Some things get worse as time goes on.
The Incas somehow shaped rocks to have flat faces and precise angles so they fit together with no gaps.
The top of the wall was reconstructed later and has big gaps.
Some things get worse as time goes on.
Reposted by Dan Goldstein
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Naborn, J., & Bogard, J. E. (2025). EXPRESS: The Pick-the-Winner-Picker Heuristic: Preference for Categorically Correct Forecasts. Journal of Marketing Research. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Naborn, J., & Bogard, J. E. (2025). EXPRESS: The Pick-the-Winner-Picker Heuristic: Preference for Categorically Correct Forecasts. Journal of Marketing Research. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Naborn, J., & Bogard, J. E. (2025). EXPRESS: The Pick-the-Winner-Picker Heuristic: Preference for Categorically Correct Forecasts. Journal of Marketing Research. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Naborn, J., & Bogard, J. E. (2025). EXPRESS: The Pick-the-Winner-Picker Heuristic: Preference for Categorically Correct Forecasts. Journal of Marketing Research. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D. G., Soman, D., & Michie, S. (2025). Generalizability of choice architecture interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(8), 518–529. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D. G., Soman, D., & Michie, S. (2025). Generalizability of choice architecture interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(8), 518–529. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Generalizability of choice architecture interventions - Nature Reviews Psychology
Choice architecture interventions (or ‘nudges’) aim to guide behaviour by changing the proximal physical, social or psychological environment. In this Review, Szaszi and colleagues show that the avera...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D. G., Soman, D., & Michie, S. (2025). Generalizability of choice architecture interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(8), 518–529. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D. G., Soman, D., & Michie, S. (2025). Generalizability of choice architecture interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(8), 518–529. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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You should apply to do an internship with us!
- Make sure you attach a research statement (we don't consider anybody with no statement for interviews)
- The application site will probably go down for a day or two on Nov 17, and the link may change
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
- Make sure you attach a research statement (we don't consider anybody with no statement for interviews)
- The application site will probably go down for a day or two on Nov 17, and the link may change
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You should apply to do an internship with us!
- Make sure you attach a research statement (we don't consider anybody with no statement for interviews)
- The application site will probably go down for a day or two on Nov 17, and the link may change
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
- Make sure you attach a research statement (we don't consider anybody with no statement for interviews)
- The application site will probably go down for a day or two on Nov 17, and the link may change
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Everywhere I go, the countries look different, but the shopping malls look strikingly similar. This is Lima, Peru.
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Everywhere I go, the countries look different, but the shopping malls look strikingly similar. This is Lima, Peru.
I was just on the escalator behind a woman in a light pink jacket who was online shopping for a light pink jacket
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I was just on the escalator behind a woman in a light pink jacket who was online shopping for a light pink jacket
kids tend to mess up problems like "what's the chance you'll roll at least one 6 if you roll a die 3 times". in this program, the ball rolls right if you roll a 6, left otherwise--so bins 2, 3, 4 are one or more sixes. You can avoid dealing with them by taking 1 minus the no 6s probability (bin 1)
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
kids tend to mess up problems like "what's the chance you'll roll at least one 6 if you roll a die 3 times". in this program, the ball rolls right if you roll a 6, left otherwise--so bins 2, 3, 4 are one or more sixes. You can avoid dealing with them by taking 1 minus the no 6s probability (bin 1)
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They just killed NHANES.
Every US public health student learns about this study.
It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.
Every US public health student learns about this study.
It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
They just killed NHANES.
Every US public health student learns about this study.
It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.
Every US public health student learns about this study.
It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
What does it mean to say you figured something out by yourself?
We benefit from inheriting thousands of years of advances in mathematical notation, tools, and methods.
5,000 years ago nobody on earth would be able to figure out problems that today's schoolchildren can "figure out by themselves."
We benefit from inheriting thousands of years of advances in mathematical notation, tools, and methods.
5,000 years ago nobody on earth would be able to figure out problems that today's schoolchildren can "figure out by themselves."
October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What does it mean to say you figured something out by yourself?
We benefit from inheriting thousands of years of advances in mathematical notation, tools, and methods.
5,000 years ago nobody on earth would be able to figure out problems that today's schoolchildren can "figure out by themselves."
We benefit from inheriting thousands of years of advances in mathematical notation, tools, and methods.
5,000 years ago nobody on earth would be able to figure out problems that today's schoolchildren can "figure out by themselves."
when kids are trying to understand something they use ai in smarter ways than we give them credit for
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
when kids are trying to understand something they use ai in smarter ways than we give them credit for
According to economist Thomas Schelling, if 2 strangers had to meet in NYC without planning, many would choose the info booth at Grand Central at 12:00 PM on January 1.
At 8:38 PM on October 9th it was just me and the info booth guy.
At 8:38 PM on October 9th it was just me and the info booth guy.
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
According to economist Thomas Schelling, if 2 strangers had to meet in NYC without planning, many would choose the info booth at Grand Central at 12:00 PM on January 1.
At 8:38 PM on October 9th it was just me and the info booth guy.
At 8:38 PM on October 9th it was just me and the info booth guy.
🚨 Postdoctoral Research Economist positions at Microsoft Research New England or New York City 🚨
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Open to PhDs in econ-related fields (e.g. quant marketing, econ-CS). Seeking those with high collaboration potential with the team: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Open to PhDs in econ-related fields (e.g. quant marketing, econ-CS). Seeking those with high collaboration potential with the team: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Research Economist positions at Microsoft Research New England or New York City 🚨
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Open to PhDs in econ-related fields (e.g. quant marketing, econ-CS). Seeking those with high collaboration potential with the team: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Open to PhDs in econ-related fields (e.g. quant marketing, econ-CS). Seeking those with high collaboration potential with the team: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Repeating this prediction (that Susan Athey will win the Nobel) until I'm right.
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Repeating this prediction (that Susan Athey will win the Nobel) until I'm right.
Peanut butter contains no peas, no nuts, and no butter
October 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Peanut butter contains no peas, no nuts, and no butter
