Monday, September 15, 2014

Four Tips For Avoiding Fist Fights at 35,000 Feet

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At least three planes have been forced to land in recent weeks because passengers have gotten into fights over a question of cosmic impor...
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Monday, September 8, 2014

Death Threats and Cramped Planes

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This week I was watching The Dark Knight and I came to that wonderful scene where the Joker describes his life philosophy: “Do I really l...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Outnumbered but Well-Spoken

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The Atlantic ’s Quartz just published my analysis of how women often stay silent, and why it’s important that they speak up. The analysi...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Dark Side of Viral Rage

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You may have seen the stories about the Stanford student who aroused internet outrage when he was quoted comparing rape to bicycle theft. B...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

How to Study the Rage of Millions of People

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Dear Twitter: in this post, I offer to give away your data. I do this completely in good faith and for no monetary gain because I am a re...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

Plenty of Fish in the Thousand Sampled Seas: Approximating the Probability Someone Likes You

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This is another post with fancy visualizations, see here .
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Monday, July 14, 2014

A Tale of Two Cities: The Twitter Reaction to the Return of Lebron James

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At 9:31 AM PST on July 11, LeBron James announced that he was returning to Cleveland, and Twitter exploded. (If you don’t know who LeBron...
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