@jkimballcook How are people going to survive a 90 minute endowment session?
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Sam Dodini
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Sam Dodini
@microsamonomics
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and given the average person's attention span, they're probably right that continuity is more important than long lessons
it's a shame, in some ways, that we as a culture are just not equipped for long lessons, but I think greater continuity will be an improvement
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Prediction: shorter weekly classes rather than longer classes every other week will not change that much in the average person's church experience
we'll have better continuity but lessons will either be shallower or will cover less material
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@GrandmaKristine @luvs2hunt84 @JasminRappleye It was leaked first. Kinda forced their hand TBH. I don't think they intended to announce it until conference.
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@luvs2hunt84 @JasminRappleye I was thinking this was why they did it ahead of time, not during like announcements in the past. I wonder if there will also be more clarification on the changes during conference.
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This new church schedule solves so many problems people are not realizing.
I've been hearing people concerned that 25 minutes per class isn't enough time, and that is a valid concern.
However, I think this could be a game changer for the YOUTH.
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@RachelGooc90575 @BlackBlessedLDS So have the youth leaders ask them to get up and speak during testimony meeting?
Missionary work is conversation based. I think there are better ways to prepare for missions than monotone public speaking when sacrament meeting is supposed to be the most sacred hour of the week.
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@microsamonomics @BlackBlessedLDS Hard disagree. Some youth won't get up to speak unless they are asked to. Preparing a talk and speaking in Sacrament meeting is great prep for a mission.
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Make sacrament 1 talk and give more time back to the classes.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
In advance of the upcoming general conference leadership session (April 2, 2026), The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced upcoming adjustments to the Sunday class meeting schedule to support members in their efforts to be lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ. The adjustments will strengthen gospel learning in homes and congregations throughout the world. Beginning September 6, 2026, the alternating weekly schedule for Sunday School and quorum or class meetings will be replaced. Under the updated schedule: • Sunday School, Relief Society, elders quorum, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood quorum meetings will be held each week. • Sacrament meeting will continue to be 60 minutes, followed by brief transition periods. • Sunday School and quorum and class meetings will each be 25 minutes. • Primary will continue every Sunday and will be 55 minutes, held while adults and youth attend their respective classes. • Where local circumstances necessitate, units may begin with Primary and quorum and class meetings and conclude with sacrament meeting. Visit the link below to learn more: Newsroom.ChurchOfJesusChrist.org/article/change…
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@RachelGooc90575 @BlackBlessedLDS Talks are not for the speakers.
We have an open mic Sunday literally every month for the youth to speak in.
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@BlackBlessedLDS Have any teenagers yet? It is so important for our youth to speak in Sacrament meeting. It would be a huge disappointment to rob those opportunities from our youth. The talks are real testimony-builders for the speakers.
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@FaithLikeAbish2 @NoblestCalling Parents with young children get almost nothing out of sacrament meeting for 10+ years. We need the classes. We need adult conversation. I swear if some chatty goober rambles about what their favorite podcast said for 50% of the lesson, I'm gonna lose my mind.
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@NoblestCalling I legitimately dislike sacrament meeting. Love taking the sacrament, praying and singing hymns, but I rarely feel as enriched as I do after a lesson. I know that's a me problem and it probably has a lot to do with trying to keep children entertained and quiet.
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The huge problems with short sacrament meeting proposals are 1) less time worshipping together as a family and 2) way less music
Troy Sariah@BlackBlessedLDS
Make sacrament 1 talk and give more time back to the classes.
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@MaryBowdenMD Yes we do. Even Sweden does.
And it gets people killed.
dallasfed.org/research/paper…
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Do we really have a physician shortage?
US is far ahead of Pakistan and India in terms of physician density, yet we keep getting told we need their doctors to survive.
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@drStuartGilmour @ryancbriggs You seem to really be *counting* on that exchange to *offset* the gap in the rates of your citations.
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@microsamonomics @ryancbriggs I think the field of statistics knows how to analyze count data, and has done since the 18th century. Unlike you guys.
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I see some economists are jumping to claims of econ supremacy in empirical work from one especially audacious example of a superspreader of bad research. Fwiw when we actually look at replication, bugs in code, or power, empirical econ looks a lot like psych or quant polisci.
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@drStuartGilmour @ryancbriggs Don't forget stats. And many other fields who borrow from the econometrics literature.
Sounds like the commonality is that you're the odd man out.
So take from that information what you will.
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@microsamonomics @ryancbriggs This response says a lot about your field.
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@drStuartGilmour @ryancbriggs That must be why you are cited so much more than Woodridge.
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@ryancbriggs You guys just spent the last week on here admitting you don’t know how to analyze count data and don’t know what an offset is. Completely incapable of meaningful policy research
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"Yes! Tax other people who are still working to make sure I still get benefits," says the Boomer.
James Medlock@jdcmedlock
Social security is so popular that Americans would actively choose taxing themselves over cutting benefits.
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Replacing with subjective and ideologically motivated threats on broadcasters.
Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC
One year of Delete, Delete, Delete. More cutting to go 🗑️
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This paper addresses a concept in intergenerational mobility research that has been bugging me for 10 years: when inequality changes between generations, IGE estimates capture more than just "persistence," but ranks leave out information. Cool paper.
Sergio Ocampo Díaz@socampdi
How can we account for inequality when measuring economic mobility❓ Many mobility measures focus on rank changes across generations or time. But ranks only capture relative positions regardless of income/wealth differences. New paper w/@mcgeeconomics: ifs.org.uk/publications/b…
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@AceHessian There's always been some in leadership, but this seems new.
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TPUSA just absolutely draping themselves in anti-Mormon tropes from every angle these days.
Tyler Bowyer@tylerbowyer
Utah is at risk because it is soft. Mormons are easily manipulated by aggressive tactics and lies on the left and many vote and move in community herds. Important to take seriously on the right
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They're gonna run into the Stranger Things constraint real quick.
Wizarding World Direct@WW_Direct
The HARRY POTTER TV series won't have one season a year "For some of the bigger shows like Harry Potter, huge world-building shows, it would be nice to have those on an annual basis. But from a production point of view, it’s just not possible." - Casey Bloys
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@LettieriDC @maharris77 One counterpoint is that firms don't seem to value the enforceability of noncompetes per se.
direct.mit.edu/rest/article/d…
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🚨Big news: Washington state just enacted a *full ban* on noncompete agreements.
Noncompetes hurt wages, reduce entrepreneurship, and harm innovation—in addition to the obvious: impeding competition.
Banning them is pro-worker, pro-growth, pro-dynamism policy.
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@microsamonomics @peterjhasson And the study says that upsets "cause" domestic violence?
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And now AOC (smartly) gets to be the face of what could easily be a conservative issue
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.
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@MestizoBobbyHil @peterjhasson I've read the study. I posted it because I've read it. I posted it because it's good, it's been vetted, and because it's relevant.
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@microsamonomics @peterjhasson My concern is that you posted a study you've never read and now I'm going to spend the next hour evaluating it.
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@MestizoBobbyHil @peterjhasson The peer reviewers at the Quarterly Journal of Economics did as they evaluated the work if a Nobel laureate.
But if you have any specific concerns, I'm open to them.
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@microsamonomics @peterjhasson I'm sure you took the time to thoroughly evaluate this research before posting it.
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