Francesco Amodeo

When we artificially dialed up the “desperate” vector, rates of cheating jumped way up. When we dialed up the “calm” vector instead, cheating dropped back down. That means the emotion vector is actually driving the cheating behavior.

I may have more thoughts in the coming hours but it is difficult to capture what tonight’s win by Bosnia and Herzegovina against Italy means to this small but defiant little country, to its far flung diaspora, and dare I say to its few genuine friends. Thank you to these brilliant kids for their courage and their iron will. And above all, to the singular Edin Dzeko. A warrior, a leader; the once, future, and forever captain.

[Thread in Italian on Italy's upcoming constitutional referendum] La mia scheda è arrivata tardi. Non avevo un'opinione, così mi sono messo a studiare. Ne è uscita questa tabella — 8 temi, con un "vincitore" per ciascuno. Felice di discuterne con chi ne sa più di me. 1/10