Kanis S

Semi-random thoughts on Data, Economics and Finance.

[International Growth Centre @The_IGC]

You can now register for the BREAD lecture series in Spring 2022. This semester-long course will cover education, credit, insurance, risk and migration. The course is open and free of charge to all interested PhD students worldwide. https://t.co/5EWU7kqeNb

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A sign of intellect is the ability to change your mind in the face of new facts.

A mark of wisdom is refusing to let the fear of admitting you were wrong stop you from getting it right.

The joy of learning something new eventually exceeds the pain of unlearning something old.

[Seema Jayachandran @seema_econ]

Question for tenure letter writers: What's your approach when the request asks you to state whether the person would get tenure in your dept and the answer is no, but your dept is higher-ranked/has a higher bar than theirs? Just ignore that part of the request? Answer honestly?

[Drew Johnston @drew_m_johnston]

I'm excited to announce the release of the zip code Social Connectedness Index!
It captures the rate of Facebook friendships between zip codes.
This data set allows for much more granular uses than before. A 🧵 of examples:

[Michael Roberts @mikejrob]

Many papers I see as editor or referee still are not clear about the source of identification. My sense is many authors do not understand what is meant by this and how much it matters in modern empirical work.

To help level the playing field, I will try to explain in this thread

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Did you know that it’s actually possible for you to say, “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion”

[Kanis S @ajarnpai]

@BTS_SkyTrain So I guess this is the #newnormal? #พังเป็นปกติ

[Kanis S @ajarnpai]

@BTS_SkyTrain So apparently since December 2015, Thailand permits class action lawsuit. #justkidding #weloveBTS https://t.co/YcUXpexFq7

[TEDxChulalongkornU @TEDxChula]

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[Kanis S @ajarnpai]

And we’re ready!! #TEDxChula

[TEDxChulalongkornU @TEDxChula]

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[TEDxChulalongkornU @TEDxChula]

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[TEDxChulalongkornU @TEDxChula]

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[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Technology is finally changing the apartment rental experience https://t.co/Ifhq6oCIlC

[NYT Business @nytimesbusiness]

Twenty Silicon Valley companies are chasing a self-driving car. But self-sailing boats are already a real business. https://t.co/Yf5EvvwPwe

[TEDxChulalongkornU @TEDxChula]

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