George Christopoulos

economist

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@paulg @ryangrim What about the extensive federal funding for defense, space, and electronics R&D, much of which flowed to private firms, universities, and research institutions that formed the foundation of Silicon Valley?

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Where are European companies?

[Philosophical Psychology @JournalPHP]

After Frans de Waal and Daniel Kahneman, another huge loss for the philosophical psychology community worldwide. Daniel Dennett has been one of the most influential philosophers of his time and his legacy is destined to continue far into the future.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

The future happened when a student asking for a letter of recommendation sent me the suggested GPT-4 prompt he wanted me to use to generate the letter itself.

Likely where recommendation letters are eventually going to go: 1-10 scale & a single sentence assessment. No ceremony.

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@ArminRosen I’m

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@NikoEfst αναγκάζουν και τα μηχανάκια να πηγαίνουν με χαμηλή ταχύτητα πάνω στο πεζοδρόμιο

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@nntaleb finally

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@FeltonEmpire919 @TheHoopCentral Exactly

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@sama - Socrates, sort of

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@goldman using “like” so often makes it hard for a non-American to listen to your content

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@DavidSacks socialist take

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

“In #Germany, $2 trillion of value added depends on $20 billion of #gas from #Russia.

That’s 100 times more leverage than Lehman’s.”

- from Zoltan Pozsar’s excellent recent paper: https://t.co/wNHehOAgpX

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

#Greece saw by far the highest percentage increase in employment among EU countries in Q1 2022. Occupations in both traditional (food & hospitality) and high-tech (ICT & R&D) services among the fastest growing.

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

For 1 in 3 people in #Greece, total housing costs represent more than 40% of disposable income. This should be the number 1 political issue in the country, yet it is barely discussed.

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

🏘️💰The housing cost overburden rate was 7.8% in the EU in 2020.
Lowest rates in:
🇨🇾Cyprus (1.9%)
🇱🇹Lithuania (2.7%)
🇲🇹Malta (2.8%)

Highest rates in:
🇬🇷Greece (33.3%)
🇧🇬Bulgaria (14.4%)
🇩🇰Denmark (14.1%)

👉https://t.co/URBsyI0rJf

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

June 2, 2002, THE WIRE premiered on HBO. A visual novel. A reflection on our American dysfunction. A powerful piece of art. My life and career changed forever. Gratitude.

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

‘Using the highest-resolution continuous climate record ever published, the study explains the connections between dust storms, extended periods of drought, volcanoes, and warming in the Mediterranean, Europe and Asia.’
https://t.co/mOIfHEVmRB

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

Saharan dust storms used to be a rare phenomenon in Greece up until less than 10 years ago. These days they seem to occur at least once a month and lead to increased hospitalisations every time. Sometimes climate change effects are easy to observe.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

"The problem of distraction can just as well be framed as a problem of loneliness."

Always read @LMSacasas: https://t.co/pYHTjrLkpA

[George Christopoulos @gtchristopoulos]

@WobBurner When growing up in Greece during the 1990's we viewed MJ as the closest thing to a literal God. The Dream Team had nothing to do with it though - for us the only mental image of MJ was in a Bulls jersey.