DJ Thornton

Postdoctoral fellow @cognitiveecon @UNSWecon
Studying cognition and networks.

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

**TARGETED PERSUASION**
Who should you target when others observe only the target’s action—not what you told them? And how much should you customize the information you send? 1/.

https://t.co/vjU3iSx3wY

[Richard Holden @profholden]

My latest Economic Explained column in @FinancialReview is about "Bad Networks"--based on this recently published paper by my @UNSWEcon colleagues Robert Akerlof and @djthornton97. https://t.co/3GoUpA9JCq https://t.co/i4h668yB1p

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

Very excited that my first publication, "Bad Networks"—with amazing coauthors Robby Akerlof and @profholden—is forthcoming at @JPubEcon! 🎉

Check out the thread below 👇🏼

[Richard Holden @profholden]

I'm delighted that my paper "Bad Networks" with Robby Akerlof and @djthornton97 is coming out at @JPubEcon. Here's a thread about what we do. And here's a link to the paper. https://t.co/dwmnW37FUO 1/18

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

I wrote some thoughts about how ChatGPT Pro is changing mathematical research.

When solving problems becomes "easy", what matters more than ever is asking good questions and having a deep intuition for the answers.

https://t.co/ltuDrbO8Qq

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

Picking Joe's brain for a couple of hours is one of the most fun and insightful things you could possibly do with your time.

Go and apply!!!

[Joseph Noel Walker @JosephNWalker]

Apply to interview me for my end-of-year retrospective episode!

One of my highlights in 2023 was being interviewed by a listener of the show, @djthornton97, who did an exceptional job despite having no former interviewing experience.

There was no better way to crystallise my learnings from the year than being Socratically pushed by a thoughtful questioner who was a genuine listener of the show.

This year, I'm continuing the tradition.

I'm looking for a listener with a knack for asking good questions. We'll meet up in late Dec or early Jan and discuss the progress of the pod in 2025.

Apply at the link below. Looking forward to seeing who applies!

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@kunzhangte @profholden @grattonecon @yveszenou1 Thanks Kun!

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

An absolutely wild month—3 R&R's in 33 days 🎉.

Huge thanks to my amazing coauthors @profholden @grattonecon @yveszenou1, Robert Akerlof, Arthur Campbell and Chris Teh.

Time to get to work! #EconTwitter

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@florianederer @profholden @grattonecon @yveszenou1 Thank you! Always nice to hear from the extended coauthor family 🤣

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

🚨 WE @UNSWEcon ARE HIRING! 🚨
JMC: apply and email/DM for any question!

A short 🧵 on @UNSWEcon and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇

https://t.co/XYxVQcXhlp

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

Short 🧵 on a new (communication) theory paper with two of our best PhD students at @UNSWEcon 👇

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

You (well, some of you) asked for more general results. We’ve got you more general results.

TARGETED PERSUASION 2.0 IS HERE! https://t.co/vjU3iSx3wY

[Richard Holden @profholden]

I'm advertising for 2 full-time pre-docs at the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics at UNSW. If you've got a strong honors degree in economics or computer science check us out at https://t.co/LIFcO0F3cA. https://t.co/V4oDOurIBj. @cognitiveecon

[Joseph Noel Walker @JosephNWalker]

Friends & followers, lend me your tweets.

I’m hoping to invite @scottfarkas onto the pod.

Plan would be to discuss data centres & R&D. Think we could have a great chat.

If you agree, pls let him know in the comments!

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@michael_nielsen Sounds like you might need some @joewalkerpod in your life :)

[Yves Zenou @yveszenou1]

I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: https://t.co/n1Mn23GWZX

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

New version available now: https://t.co/vjU3iSx3wY

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@JosephNWalker I agree re: other workers but this seems like an answerable empirical qn (I wonder if someone has actually looked at the data on this?)

From a theory perspective, I find that for these sorts of questions, the best arguments come from some kind of general equilibrium effects.

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@MatthewGNagler @grattonecon Indeed! He is an excellent adviser (and now, coauthor) :)

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

It's happening!! 😱

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

Come see this today at https://t.co/Pmiq1dB0Ic in Sydney.

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

@gc_rennie @profholden Look I'm sure there's probably a valid point you want to make here but with all due respect you can't just change the ordinary meaning of words (like GDP, which has a widely understood meaning) and then expect people not to be confused...

[DJ Thornton @djthornton97]

I don't want to dunk on this guy personally but you can't read this and not laugh @profholden

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Begging people to read beyond econ 101 textboom before dunking on economists.