Anders Knospe

Had so much fun judging at the @EthicsCup nationals — heartening to see so much high quality philosophy at a high school level!

@RuxandraTeslo @nerskine95 I don't think Acemoglu denies that

@nerskine95 Quality of institutions is endogenous

I'll just say, to the Tyler Cowen debate, that people act as if publishing papers in economics is the pinnacle of achievement. Acemoglu is the most cited researcher in the field of social science and he misses things my grandma would know.

@benryanwriter @TheArgumentMag @lxeagle17 well we wouldn't want republicans to start campaigning on trans issues or anything

Ryan Cooper, senior editor at The American Prospect, is in the crowd of people who believe that @TheArgumentMag and @lxeagle17 should not inform the public that the principle tenets of transgender activism are a major liability for Democrats.

@deenamousa What's this from?

College students would need to be paid $59 (on average) to deactivate TikTok for a month, but would *pay* $28 for it to be deactivated for them and their social circles for the same amount of time.

@AustinHoney30 Someone's gotta draft Jim Ryan

The 6th would probably be the record for most mid/big-sized Universities in it James Madison University (Harrisonburg) University of Virginia (Charlottesville) Liberty University (Lynchburg) Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg) Radford University (Radford)

The age-old struggle of "I just have to lock in" (this time, John Adams)

I can't say the same.

If you work in AI policy or if you comment on the trajectory of AI in a way that could plausibly affect public-policy outcomes, please consider whether your commentary over the last 6-12 months would have prepared someone who listened to you well for Moltbook. Consider whether someone who had seriously listened to your commentary about, say, GPT-5 and whether it indicated stagnation in AI, would be surprised, or relatively unsurprised, by Moltbook. And Claude Code for that matter. Think hard about this! It is a key barometer for whether you are doing a good job.

@PEWilliams_ I'd like to think that, but IMO we're already at the point that AI can write a solid non-AI-y personal statement if you just know how to prompt it. Hard to see how the premium survives that

The proliferation of AI-written personal statements like this is one thing that makes me think that as the technology becomes more widespread, there will be a premium that is put on handwritten, handcoded, handmade things. The volume will be lower but the premium will be higher.

Sports betting is now integrated into how young men experience sports. @aibm_org researchers, @oso, @jonathandcohen1 and @roundrobin42 published “Sensible Sports Betting: A Policy Framework”—nine approaches to reduce harm without prohibition. Give it a read: aibm.org/policy/how-spo…

Excited to launch our new Sports Betting Policy Hub at @aibm_org with @Arnold_Ventures. Sports betting has exploded & bets grew 30-fold to $148B in 2024. Young men see the harms: among men under 30, those saying it’s bad for society jumped from 22% to 47% in three years. aibm.org/wp-content/upl…

I'm a firm believer in trying to understand those who see the world differently than I do. Decent, reasonable people can disagree on a lot. But I have no idea how to engage with someone who thinks like this. We might as well be living on different planets.

@olivertraldi @pickles82783199 @the_point_mag I shouldn't have engaged. I didn't like your article but no point in me taking a pot shot. Have a merry christmas

@andersknospe @pickles82783199 @the_point_mag Make sure to tag me again the next time you need help interpreting everyday social interactions. Really good use of everyone's time

“For most men, trying to escape into some sort of Übermenschy wilderness isn’t an option—not because women are a dominant class but because it would just turn them into another kind of figure created by women: the monster.” thepointmag.com/criticism/the-…

@olivertraldi @pickles82783199 @the_point_mag en.wiktionary.org/wiki/run-on_se…

@andersknospe @pickles82783199 @the_point_mag en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

@olivertraldi @pickles82783199 @the_point_mag if you're self-aware about it, why write the article?

@pickles82783199 @the_point_mag Spot on

Scott Galloway puts his money where his passions are. He and @RichardvReeves have transformed the discourse around boys in recent years, in ways that are already helping us all to raise good young men. Go @profgalloway! Support aibm.org I do.

Regarding discrimination and white men, a few things are true at once: 1) The more we rid ourselves of discrimination and the legacy of discrimination and grant equal opportunity to women and people of all races and ethnicities, the more that the percentage of white guys in any given industry (with some exceptions, of course, not all professions are the same) will fall back closer to their general percentage of the population. So, over time, you should expect to see lower percentages of white men in any given field compared to historic norms. 2) At the same time, if you try to hasten that natural and just process with explicit anti-white discrimination, then you're 1) going to violate federal civil rights laws; and 2) you're going to generate deep bitterness and righteous anger in people who know they've faced discrimination. Equal opportunity is lawful, just, and necessary, and it will (and has!) changed society and the job market in many, many ways -- including in ways that dominant groups might not like. Racial discrimination is unlawful, unjust, and unnecessary, and it divides and embitters our nation, just as it always has.

@animalologist this is such a great take. unfortunately, it also (as with all Gender Relations takes) just boils down to "exercise social competence" and that is a learned skill

this is such a cooked way to think about relationships if your male “friend” is continually trying to get with you despite your clear lack of interest, he sucks generally & isn’t your friend, but 1) if you, as a woman, are regularly leaving your male acquaintances with the impression that maybe one day you’ll sleep with them even though it’s absolutely never gonna happen, you’re not regulating the energy you give off. you can easily make it clear up front that this is not your vibe & let them filter themselves out quickly before they become your “friend” 2) if he’s never made a move, he’s just got a passive interest, curiosity, or hope that under the right circumstances something might happen between you, if he cares about you and you enjoy being around him in general, he’s simply being open to a friends-to-lovers arc. this is how most people met their partners a generation ago. there’s nothing insidious about this, even if it surprises you that you’re a “would” to him 3) if a guy is genuinely crazy about you and you don’t reciprocate his interest, it might just be too difficult for him to downgrade that intense crush to a friendship. this is rare, but he’s not seeing you as a sexual object — unrequited love is way more consuming than that, he might see a whole life with you that you don’t want bc he appreciates who you are in total. if every sweet moment gives him unfounded hope, the only way forward is to get some distance. it’s tough to lose a friend this way but just take it as a compliment and have some grace about it please, he’s got little control over this, we don’t choose who we love. maybe after some time you can be friends, but you need space first 4) if you’re constantly surrounded by guys who only hang out with you bc they wanna fuck you (which is totally different than #3), and they lose interest in you entirely, or get angry and mean when you explicitly reject them, your radar wrt male “friends” is hella off. most guys are not like this. find ones who actually care about you. it is cope to say this isn’t possible 5) most people are friends with people they’re a little bit attracted to, bc attraction is as emotional & intellectual as it is physical, and we all like pretty people. this is entirely fine. you can even flirt with your friends without derailing the friendship if you’re both mature, honest, and self-disciplined enough not to take it somewhere you won’t recover from (and what that line is depends on both of you). And if you’re flirting for validation & leave boundaries ambiguous, you can’t be shockedpikachu when some of them think they have a chance and are hurt when it turns out they never did

“My female students at the University of Virginia are worried about the state of the opposite sex. The women who take my “sociology of family” class tell of brothers living in their parents’ basements, boyfriends hooked on pornography and male peers who don’t pull their weight in group projects. Most troublingly, many of these women say they have never been asked on a date. Their voices are part of a rising chorus expressing concern about the falling fortunes of our boys and men.”

It's a tired point, but technology *is* entirely upending the lives of boys and men today (sports betting, crypto, etc.). Our new program Boys & Men Online will look at what we know about these issues, and what we can do to address them. And our first round-up is out today! ⬇️

My @aibm_org colleague @andersknospe just published his first roundup of the latest research, policy developments, and commentary about the digital lives of young men. This week's edition features @zacseidler, @JonathanDCohen1, @roundrobin42, @edb87, and more. I hope you'll subscribe! menonline.org/p/crtl-agency