Open Thread 349
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1: On last week’s post How Often Do Men Think About Rome, I presented ACX survey data showing that men and women thought about Rome the same amount. Commenter RenOS was able to find a YouGov poll showing the opposite (men more). Possible interpretations: my poll was contaminated by selection bias (ACX-reading women are unusually interested in history), theirs was contaminated by response bias (they asked how often you thought about Rome; I asked whether you thought about it in the last 24 hours - I think their version leaves more room for retroactive editing of memories). YouGov also provided other interesting historical information:
2: Late addition to Meetups Everywhere: Moscow on October 6, see link for more. Other meetups coming up this week include Philadelphia, Austin, Istanbul, Canberra, Budapest, and Warsaw.
3: If you haven’t already, vote for the winner of this year’s book review contest - voting closes Sunday, October 6.
4: And if you’re an ACX veteran, you might remember the winner of the very first book review contest - Lars Doucet’s review of Progress And Poverty, the book on Georgism. Since then, Lars has gone on to start a Georgism-inspired land valuation company, Valuebase, which has gotten investment from Sam Altman, Nat Friedman, and others. Now they’re recruiting paid interns, including:
Technical interns: Ideal candidates have experience in programming, data science, machine learning, or AI, and are eager to work on real-world problems that scale across millions of properties.
Non-technical interns: If you're organized, driven, and have strong problem-solving and communication skills, we have roles for you in operations, marketing, and product management.
If interested, apply here.