@lrntex

Analyst @TheBTI

 San Francisco, California
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Joined July 2011
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I got to live every energy nerd’s dream and went on Shift Key to discuss my pet research area (the baroque political economy of California wildfire liability). Thanks so much for having me on @robinsonmeyer !! heatmap.news/podcast/shift-k…

The Wildfire Policy Blowing Up California’s Home Insurance Market — and Electricity Costs

Rob digs into a new paper with a radical new idea to fix California’s economy with the Breakthrough Institute’s Lauren Teixeira.

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Propagandopolis
@propagandopolisOct 17
'Pigs are the most important of the six domestic animals' — Chinese poster, 1960
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To further synthesize replies to this: do they just not have loneliness epidemic/decline of third spaces discourse in the UK????
Lauren Teixeira
@lrntexOct 14
In my sample of fellas I spoke to at Progress con, average UK male had 10x better social skills than avg US male. Can anyone explain this? Selection effects?? Surely does not reflect true population average???
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“The gym for socialising”
Alex Wilson@adjwilsonOct 14
Replying to @jordanschneider @lrntex @matthewclifford
The answer is literally pubs. It's the gym for socialising.
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Arthur Spirling
@arthur_spirlingOct 14
Not sure it’s social skills exactly, but IME Americans are really good at presentation of self to large groups, Brits are really good at presentation of self to small ones. I assume it’s a different high school culture or sth
Lauren Teixeira
@lrntexOct 14
In my sample of fellas I spoke to at Progress con, average UK male had 10x better social skills than avg US male. Can anyone explain this? Selection effects?? Surely does not reflect true population average???
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Benedict@carto_graphOct 14
Simple answer: Brits drink, and don’t take themselves too seriously. We also have a healthier attitude to learning how to socialise in school and at university. Partly because we drink, and don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Lauren Teixeira
@lrntexOct 14
In my sample of fellas I spoke to at Progress con, average UK male had 10x better social skills than avg US male. Can anyone explain this? Selection effects?? Surely does not reflect true population average???
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Luke Eure
@LukeEureOct 14
If you write, your fingerprints are in the training data of the AI that replaces you. Your work lives on, unlike the work of weavers replaced by machines in the first Industrial Revolution At least that’s a nicer thought than “I guess the AI will slurp me up”
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Alice Evans@_alice_evansOct 14
Americans are often much more confident, giving slick presentations. In Britain, it’s common to make friends by self-deprecation and mutual teasing. If you aren’t protecting your ego and it’s permissible to be slightly cheeky, it’s easier to make jokes & friends 😛
Lauren Teixeira
@lrntexOct 14
In my sample of fellas I spoke to at Progress con, average UK male had 10x better social skills than avg US male. Can anyone explain this? Selection effects?? Surely does not reflect true population average???
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"some sort of French person"
Alex Trembath
@atrembathOct 14
Replying to @lrntex @ATabarrok
@lrntex @ATabarrok
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Someone please introduce me to an average pub geezer stat!!!
Robin@codeOfRobinOct 14
What’s funny is that this is about the weirdo libero Americaboo Brits, the bottom percentile of sociality amongst Brits. These people would explode if they met average geezer at a pub
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To synthesize the replies to this: it seems Beer is indeed a highly potent pro-social technology
Lauren Teixeira
@lrntexOct 14
In my sample of fellas I spoke to at Progress con, average UK male had 10x better social skills than avg US male. Can anyone explain this? Selection effects?? Surely does not reflect true population average???
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