Lucas Kohorst
2005 Kenyon Commencement Address
David Foster Wallace's commencement address emphasizes the importance of awareness, choice, and how to think critically about everyday experiences, encouraging graduates to live consciously and meaningfully amidst life's challenges.
Liquidity and Prediction Market Efficiency
The paper investigates the relationship between liquidity and market efficiency in prediction markets, revealing that increased liquidity may not enhance pricing accuracy and can even worsen it due to naive trading behavior.
- my office hours are OPEN what do you need feedback or advice on, what questions do you have, what secret trouble stirs thy breast
- Seeing lots of new media companies being right now. I love it! However, be careful building generalized media. B2C media is a graveyard. - huffington post - buzzfeed - vice - complex - mic - mashable - ozy - quartz Build for everyone and you build for no one. Instead study B2B media. - industry dive - freight waves - the information - s... See more
- @wanyeburkett Or by making them sign a Certificate of Unprofitable Degree (inspired from Matt Levine's "Certificate of Dumb Investment") https://t.co/shpDJZNpSJ
- We are in full compliance with the law, we issue a NOTAM to the FAA before we launch our balloons and file a report to NOAA once a year and this falls under the Weather Modification Act which includes things like cloud seeding using silver iodide to make it rain. EPA does not regulate SO2 emissions in the stratosphere. Thank you so much for your co... See more
DIY Geoengineering
The text outlines a DIY approach to geoengineering, specifically using weather balloons to release reflective particles, aiming to reduce Earth's temperature and combat climate change.
by Luke Iseman
Copy of Emergent Ventures Application
Who am I? I’m a 25 year old writer from London, mostly writing on Samstack (at samstack.io), focusing on social science, Effective Altruism, and forecasting. My background is in social science - I did a master’s degree in quantitative political science, and found that a load of the research I wa...
Emergent Ventures
Emergent Ventures Prompt The proposal should consist of a proposal no longer than 1500 words. You may also attach supplementary materials, but we will read the proposal first and it must stand on its own. The first part of the proposal should be about you. Tell us your personal story, and how i...
- Sports betting legalization reduces net investments of households by nearly 14% overall. $1 of sports betting reduces net investment by over $2, increases credit card debt, but has no effect on participation in lotteries or other online gambling outlets. https://t.co/k8JRSvj6Da... See more