B Pablo Montagnes

Associate Professor of @EmoryPolisci
and @QuanTMEmory at @EmoryUniversity. Member FDIC.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Platner pulled out of a planned event with VoteVets and is leaving DC early and returning to Maine because NYP reporters showed up to his in laws house and family restaurant, per sources familiar

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@JeffreyLax This has to be a purposeful move to assert independence right? Presumably with some expectation it will be vetoed to create a public fight? Not arguing that provides legal cover, just trying to understand.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@Afinetheorem @jbsteinberg My earliest memory of an academic institution gone awry was my very liberal mom and godfather complaining about OISE in the 90s in a very different Cabbagetown. It’s been off the rails for most of its existence.

[Tim Dettmers @Tim_Dettmers]

My new blog post discusses the physical reality of computation and why this means we will not see AGI or any meaningful superintelligence: https://t.co/jsAKQ6T3gC

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@Nolan_Mc @namalhotra I think he got it from Parcells.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@sahnicboom I think this is pretty common. Working on a draft of a model where there are YIMBY goods (schools, parks etc) and NIMBY goods (treatment centers, waste transfer and to some housing). Some features display both--people want to be close but not too close to hospital.

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

.@DKThomp & @RichardvReeves discuss:

Are young men falling behind and shifting right?

This is an important issue & I welcome more studies,

But some of the claims in this podcast seem empirically dubious.

Let's assess the evidence!

🧵🧵

https://t.co/ET5pxdGAym

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@ethanbdm This reminds me of Roger helping with Phd problem sets I assigned.

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@ethanbdm I have a great mnemonic for this, I "type" error type into Wikipedia each time I need to know.

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@DPearsonPHL @JohnnyWalsh__ Philly is one of the best convention cities imo. Convention center is much more central and integrated into fabric of city than other cities. People leave with a great impression.

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@OlegUrminsky And allocation of admin/student facing tasks from faculty to staff (advising, seminar organization, hotel bookings etc).

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@ElliotLip Recommend the Costco program if they have the model you want. Back when True Car used to publish the distribution of prices, the costco price was usually in the bottom 20-30th percentile--sometimes lower.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@johnjhorton @Honda Classic marketing approach

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@ProfMarkovic There may be very good political reasons to campaign on and even implement these policies, but I do think there are well founded critics that are based in genuine concerns about inequality.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@ProfMarkovic I’m 100% in favor of the loan forgiveness for those that were suckered into scammy for-profits (almost all for profits?). It’s harder to target others and very expensive. I’m happy to spend a lot but I want a lot of progressivity in return.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@ProfMarkovic I think the sort of policies favored by centrists opposed to loan forgiveness and home buyer subsidies are refundable child tax credit and EITC.

[B Pablo Montagnes @pmontagnes]

@ProfMarkovic The increase in standard deduction and limits to SALT did a lot to reduce the middle/mid-upper class distortion, still a benefit for those with larger loans/high interest.