We Need More Alternatives to Facebook
by Brian Bergstein for The Technology Review.
Chastened by the negative effects of social media, Mark Zuckerberg says he will tweak his service and upgrade society in the process. Should any company be that powerful?
About 10 years after TVs began to be ubiquitous in American homes, television ...
122 - Econ2: Causal machine learning, data interpretability, and online platform markets featuring Hunt Allcott and Greg Lewis
In the world of economics, researchers at Microsoft are examining a range of complex systems—from those that impact the technologies we use to those that inform the laws and policies we create—through the lens of a social science that goes beyond the numbers to better understand people and societ...
123 - Econ3: Understanding the media ecosystem and how it informs public opinion in the internet age featuring Hunt Allcott and David Rothschild
In the world of economics, researchers at Microsoft are examining a range of complex systems—from those that impact the technologies we use to those that inform the laws and policies we create—through the lens of a social science that goes beyond the numbers to better understand people and societ...
124 - Econ4: Uncovering how decision-making shapes individuals and society through behavioral public economics featuring Evan Rose and Hunt Allcott
In the world of economics, researchers at Microsoft are examining a range of complex systems—from those that impact the technologies we use to those that inform the laws and policies we create—through the lens of a social science that goes beyond the numbers to better understand people and societ...
Leaving Facebook, Men and Dependency, Happiness People Value
Leaving Facebook (00:00)
Is leaving Facebook the right choice for you? Dr. Hunt Allcott, professor of economics at NYU, shares what he has learned from the results of a recent study about taking time away from Facebook.
Men and Dependency (16:41)
Is dependency an important part of a healthy re...
Impacts of Electric Vehicle Subsidies: A Conversation with Hunt Allcott
Behavioral economist Hunt Allcott, Professor of Global Environmental Policy at the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University, questioned the impact of new and used electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in the newest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from...
Scaling Impact Capital Podcast Episode #7: Measuring companies' social impact with Hunt Allcott from Stanford University
In this episode, Hunt Allcott, Professor of Global Environmental Policy at Stanford University, shares the learnings from his research on economic approaches to measuring social impact of companies' business activities. In the episode we explore what motivated him to investigate this topic, his ...
Social Media Bans Are Wildly Popular. They Might Also Be a Mistake.
Towards the end of last year, Australia did something no other country had ever tried: it banned social media for kids under 16. And a bunch of others are following with similar laws, first Denmark, then France, then Indonesia and Austria. All in, there are now more than 25 countries that have ei...
UNLOCK 34.1 Looks Like Jonathan Haidt Did a Moral Panic
Jonathan Haidt recently padded his bestselling career by telling worried parents that their kids' anxiety was caused by smartphones and social media — and that the fix was bans.
I always thought the argument was depoliticized, correlational, and suspiciously convenient for parents who'd rather b...
