Roman Hardgrave

Head of Learning Design @ Marginal Revolution University where I work with Tyler Cowen to teach the world econ. Guinea pig for experiments in learning.

[Suderman @petersuderman]

Nearly all of my close friends and colleagues are serious readers.

Their upbringings all had most of the following in common:

-their parents read to them from a very young age
-at least one parent, usually both, read habitually—maybe not always a book, but magazines, newspapers, etc.
-they were raised in homes surrounded by (physical) books, or at the very least had regular access to libraries or a book-covered home
-they had some sort of restriction on TV/screen time, perhaps informal, as in the case of several kids I knew who didn’t have rules about TV or computer time but were in practice restricted because their fathers played a lot of games or watched a lot of sports
-there were conversely few if any restrictions on the type of things they were allowed to read; comic books and/or lots of adult stories were (mostly) fine, even at a young age, and there wasn’t a heavy-handed expectation that they read difficult, “good-for-you” books. Eventually in most cases they tended to realize they wanted try those books themselves, because they came to think of themselves as serious readers

The formula seems pretty straightforward. Model being a reader. Give kids access to books. Don’t let them binge on screens. And let them explore books they like, even if those books are trashy or inappropriate, so that they understand that reading is both freeing and *pleasurable*—not something you do because it’s good for you.

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@AdilMouja @AnthropicAI Wow, this is amazing.

[adil.eth @AdilMouja]

I gave @AnthropicAI's new Fable 5 my hardest challenge: explain the Riemann Hypothesis — math's most famous unsolved problem — to anyone. Two prompts later: a full interactive site + this video, scored with music composed from the zeta zeros themselves 🤯🎵 https://t.co/OfX7I1IVCZ

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@JohnOwning @SportsSturm feels like this could be a dynamic FA signing for SturmStack. Maybe get defenses to roll coverage away from you so you can go deep.

[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

Education research the least likely to replicate according to a huge new paper published by Nature

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@JohnOwning Just remember that the athletic fired Bob Sturm and now he’s killing it on Substack. You have deep expertise and produce great content. Go do something awesome!

[Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC]

catherine o'hara's moving eulogy for john candy, in case you haven't seen:

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@NickHarrisFWST @JohnOwning I can’t find this podcast in my app (Overcast). Do you have a feed URL? Thanks

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@SportsSturm Does the Q trade mean we're sticking with Eberflus in 26? Of all the aspects of the trade, that's the one that bothers me most. Not that Q is super scheme-specific, but if you're making a change, let the new coordinator prioritize where resources should go. Thoughts?

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

Terrifically amusing @SmithsonianMag story from last month about Cormac Macarthy's absolutely gigantic personal library, which overwhelmed scholars are slowly going through.

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@ushy786 @PeterAttiaMD Long time coming for a response, but I thought I'd share that I found a great DNS physical therapist named Tamer Issa. Attia rec'd DNS in his book, and I'm glad I finally tried it. Been using him for about 6 months and he's fantastic.

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@PeterAttiaMD Hi, I love your work. Any recommendations for a doctor in the DC area to advise on nutrition, exercise, and supplements? Thank you!

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@DavidMooreDMN @DMagazine I would generally agree with you on making rash decisions like this. But this offense feels rare and championship-worthy. So this is one of the few times I'd push my chips in. I think the combo of Overshown, young defenders developing, and a new piece or two could be enough.

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@SportsSturm Congrats Bob! Well deserved. You’re my favorite sportswriter on the planet!

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@HenryEOliver @mercatus @RMLLowe Super excited to hear this! Welcome!!

[Steve Sailer @Steve_Sailer]

I've known 2 kids who drowned so I retweet this annually:

Drowning doesn’t look like drowning: https://t.co/WaUifEen4b via @slate

[Laura 🌲 ⛰️ @LauraDeming]

someone once told me that being an entrepeneur is like being a psychological endurance athlete and it was one of the most helpful frameworks I've ever internalized

(not apropos of anything happening rn, just felt like sharing)

[David Perell @david_perell]

Have a friend who’s an expert in the science of learning. Once, we got to talking about math. He said the lowest hanging fruit is to send every kid back to the stage of math they’re not 100% fluent in.

For most kids, that’s something like 3rd or 4th grade. Then they should work their way up, step-by-step, and only graduate to the next level once they have mastery of the level before. And now with learning apps, they can speed-run the catch-up process.

The research is clear. It’s the social stigma of going back that holds kids back. Kids don’t want to be made-fun of, and no parent of an 8th grader wants to send their kids back to 3rd grade math, no matter how effective it may be.

We know how to fix the problem. We’re just afraid of the social repercussions. Many things work like this.

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@DannyPhantom24 I assume Murray isn’t red because you are counting on overshown returning mid year?

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@McCoolBCB Oh I figured a higher top speed and a slower 40 would just mean slower acceleration. If it takes you time to build up speed (even if you eventually go really fast by the end), you’d expect a high mph but not great 40. Is that not right?

[Roman Hardgrave @RomanHardgrave]

@Marcus_Mosher On tape he looks fast but not 4.29 fast. What do you think?