Stefan Schubert
@stefanschubert.bsky.social
Effective Altruism and the Human Mind (with Lucius Caviola) is available for free at: https://academic.oup.com/book/56384
For physical and audiobook versions, see: https://stefanschubert.substack.com/p/physical-and-audiobook-versions-of
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"It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline."
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline."
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072...
"French pensioners now have higher incomes than working-age adults" - extraordinary
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/d419...
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/d419...
September 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"French pensioners now have higher incomes than working-age adults" - extraordinary
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/d419...
By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/d419...
Financial Times analysis: US jobs at a high risk from generative AI have not been more likely to shed young workers since ChatGPT launched
www.ft.com/content/99b6...
www.ft.com/content/99b6...
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Financial Times analysis: US jobs at a high risk from generative AI have not been more likely to shed young workers since ChatGPT launched
www.ft.com/content/99b6...
www.ft.com/content/99b6...
Study finds that Americans' policy views don't relate to basic economic literacy, and that such literacy doesn't make people think like economists.
Also if Democrats and Republicans had had perfect basic economic literacy, their policy views would diverge.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KRKRA...
Also if Democrats and Republicans had had perfect basic economic literacy, their policy views would diverge.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KRKRA...
July 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Study finds that Americans' policy views don't relate to basic economic literacy, and that such literacy doesn't make people think like economists.
Also if Democrats and Republicans had had perfect basic economic literacy, their policy views would diverge.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KRKRA...
Also if Democrats and Republicans had had perfect basic economic literacy, their policy views would diverge.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KRKRA...
Guess the nationality of the unnamed author of this
@economist.com article on "the Big Three" 🙃
@economist.com article on "the Big Three" 🙃
July 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Guess the nationality of the unnamed author of this
@economist.com article on "the Big Three" 🙃
@economist.com article on "the Big Three" 🙃
Following up on this (this is the author of the post)
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Following up on this (this is the author of the post)
In the 18th century, there was a real chance of death at any point in life, and there wasn't a big peak in old age.
It wasn't just higher infant mortality - the whole distribution was completely different.
inquisitivebird.xyz/p/the-rise-o...
It wasn't just higher infant mortality - the whole distribution was completely different.
inquisitivebird.xyz/p/the-rise-o...
July 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In the 18th century, there was a real chance of death at any point in life, and there wasn't a big peak in old age.
It wasn't just higher infant mortality - the whole distribution was completely different.
inquisitivebird.xyz/p/the-rise-o...
It wasn't just higher infant mortality - the whole distribution was completely different.
inquisitivebird.xyz/p/the-rise-o...
I agree with this. Too often, people get away with this because of misguided norms of charity.
And yes, we should focus more on authors (relative to the audience) than we do today when trying to improve discourse norms.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zmfxgv...
And yes, we should focus more on authors (relative to the audience) than we do today when trying to improve discourse norms.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zmfxgv...
July 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I agree with this. Too often, people get away with this because of misguided norms of charity.
And yes, we should focus more on authors (relative to the audience) than we do today when trying to improve discourse norms.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zmfxgv...
And yes, we should focus more on authors (relative to the audience) than we do today when trying to improve discourse norms.
www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zmfxgv...
In northern Europe, life satisfaction increases with age, whereas in southern Europe, it decreases.
www.nber.org/papers/w33950
www.nber.org/papers/w33950
June 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In northern Europe, life satisfaction increases with age, whereas in southern Europe, it decreases.
www.nber.org/papers/w33950
www.nber.org/papers/w33950
June 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Anthropic launches "initiative to support research and policy development focused on addressing AI’s economic impacts".
www.anthropic.com/news/introdu...
www.anthropic.com/news/introdu...
June 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Anthropic launches "initiative to support research and policy development focused on addressing AI’s economic impacts".
www.anthropic.com/news/introdu...
www.anthropic.com/news/introdu...
"36% of all Chinese undergraduate entrants picked an engineering degree. In Britain and America the proportion hovers around 5%."
Incredible numbers (assuming the definitions are consistent).
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
Incredible numbers (assuming the definitions are consistent).
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
June 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"36% of all Chinese undergraduate entrants picked an engineering degree. In Britain and America the proportion hovers around 5%."
Incredible numbers (assuming the definitions are consistent).
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
Incredible numbers (assuming the definitions are consistent).
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I don't think these kinds of outrage posts over random members of the public are especially helpful
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
June 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I don't think these kinds of outrage posts over random members of the public are especially helpful
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
June 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Average bonnet height in new cars in EU+ has increased from 77 cm in 2010 to 84 cm in 2024.
It poses a risk especially to children who can be hard to spot from a tall car.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
It poses a risk especially to children who can be hard to spot from a tall car.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
June 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Average bonnet height in new cars in EU+ has increased from 77 cm in 2010 to 84 cm in 2024.
It poses a risk especially to children who can be hard to spot from a tall car.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
It poses a risk especially to children who can be hard to spot from a tall car.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
It's notable how much better China has done relative to neighbouring countries which also were relatively poor in 1990
June 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's notable how much better China has done relative to neighbouring countries which also were relatively poor in 1990
Many are asking "if AI will destroy jobs, what new kinds of jobs will it create?"
I think this question is often based on the naive assumption that the number of jobs in existing professions is fixed.
Restaurant jobs aren't "new" yet have seen a lot of growth in the Internet era.
I think this question is often based on the naive assumption that the number of jobs in existing professions is fixed.
Restaurant jobs aren't "new" yet have seen a lot of growth in the Internet era.
June 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Many are asking "if AI will destroy jobs, what new kinds of jobs will it create?"
I think this question is often based on the naive assumption that the number of jobs in existing professions is fixed.
Restaurant jobs aren't "new" yet have seen a lot of growth in the Internet era.
I think this question is often based on the naive assumption that the number of jobs in existing professions is fixed.
Restaurant jobs aren't "new" yet have seen a lot of growth in the Internet era.
The UK tax-to-GDP ratio isn't so far from the Nordic countries
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The UK tax-to-GDP ratio isn't so far from the Nordic countries
Also notable that more than half of the recipients at British universities were foreigners.
Overall this is weak evidence that the impact of Brexit on the quality of British research hasn't been as large as one might have feared.
Overall this is weak evidence that the impact of Brexit on the quality of British research hasn't been as large as one might have feared.
June 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Also notable that more than half of the recipients at British universities were foreigners.
Overall this is weak evidence that the impact of Brexit on the quality of British research hasn't been as large as one might have feared.
Overall this is weak evidence that the impact of Brexit on the quality of British research hasn't been as large as one might have feared.
British universities got by far the most European Research Council grants in data published today.
They were especially dominant in the social sciences and humanities, with >30% of grants.
Universities in the former communist countries continue to lag behind.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
They were especially dominant in the social sciences and humanities, with >30% of grants.
Universities in the former communist countries continue to lag behind.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
June 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
British universities got by far the most European Research Council grants in data published today.
They were especially dominant in the social sciences and humanities, with >30% of grants.
Universities in the former communist countries continue to lag behind.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
They were especially dominant in the social sciences and humanities, with >30% of grants.
Universities in the former communist countries continue to lag behind.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Yeah, though o3 suggests it was also used specifically for apples.
I guess they just had impoverished terminology relative to what we have now. Cf how we've got more fine-grained colour words with time.
I guess they just had impoverished terminology relative to what we have now. Cf how we've got more fine-grained colour words with time.
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Yeah, though o3 suggests it was also used specifically for apples.
I guess they just had impoverished terminology relative to what we have now. Cf how we've got more fine-grained colour words with time.
I guess they just had impoverished terminology relative to what we have now. Cf how we've got more fine-grained colour words with time.
New funding for UK progress/pro-science projects
June 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New funding for UK progress/pro-science projects
The fall and rise of inheritance flows
June 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The fall and rise of inheritance flows
I like Scott Alexander's series of posts on the norms of argumentation.
I very much agree with this. I find it really annoying when people refuse to concede in this way.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/but-vs-yes...
I very much agree with this. I find it really annoying when people refuse to concede in this way.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/but-vs-yes...
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I like Scott Alexander's series of posts on the norms of argumentation.
I very much agree with this. I find it really annoying when people refuse to concede in this way.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/but-vs-yes...
I very much agree with this. I find it really annoying when people refuse to concede in this way.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/but-vs-yes...