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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan

@drsundar.bsky.social

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Dad! Prof, U of Washington Bothell School of Business. AI pioneer. Academic Editor PLOS ONE. Innovation, Negotiations. Marketing, Analytics, Captain America case. UW Teaching Medal orcid.org: 0000-0002-2856-55

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 5h

Would be very interested in knowing if:
Extraverted men are thus
More likely to Divorce and Remarry, given their Propensity for variety seeking.

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 6h

Hmmm.
"...
evidence of stability in partner personality.. The significant degree of unique similarity between an individual’s past and current partners could not be explained by important potential confounds.. this similarity is weaker for people who are more extraverted or open to experience."

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 8h

Way above my head on duckdb etc.
But assume this is the example you feed it

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 9h

Oooh, examples please

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 9h

I find it way too detailed...

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, is it out?

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 15h

True all that. Used to be our practice.
Until a new litigious generation started filing complaints; getting the University to engage in legal investigations; lawsuits, etc.

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 19h

Have you tried Survey Monkey?

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 21h

How does the choice of the music affect the outcome of the trial?

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 21h

Unfortunately it is not about time
University HR practices now allow certain things.

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the Malaise! And so, Jimmy Carter lost his job.

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.. There is another version of the story behind the curtains
Who is trading #Stocks on this news?
Which basket of stocks?
What do they know will happen on Tuesday?

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Knowledge Network @knowledge.ca · 2d

From the beaches of Chennai to the mountains of Jaipur, David Rocco searches for the soul of India through its food.

David Rocco’s Dolce India

Watch free on knowledge.ca/program/david-roccos-dolce

#knowledgenetwork #DavidRocco #india #cuisine #travel

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

My god, what on earth did you do to her? 😂

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, each one is SUSCEPTIBLE
#TRIANGULATION STRATEGY.

USE help from MULTIPLE.
CO-PILOT New version is good for cross checking.

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

Can we drag and drop sections?

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

#LLMs
internalize human-like cognitive biases and decision-making mechanisms beyond mimicking training data.

Suffers from *human gambling addiction, such as illusion of control, gambler's fallacy, and loss chasing.... "
bankruptcy rates rose substantially alongside increased irrational behavior

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
The Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join the University of Zurich in July 2026. Using funds by the Lemann Foundation, the two researchers will establish a new center for development economics, education and public policy.

Nobel Laureates Duflo and Banerjee to Join UZH

www.news.uzh.ch

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

#Peacock in Chennai in my mother's Garden

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 2d

Chennai kittens in my mother's Garden

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 4d

Woah! Any connection to #Moynihan's *Tangle of Pathology*?
My abstract "academic #leniency results in reductions in effort among lower ability students based on lower attendance & lower grades.
exacerbate gaps in engagement and achievement throughout high school worsening deficits in ACT scores."

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Phlegethon956 @phlegethon956.bsky.social · 4d

WSJ: Tech Companies Can’t Get Enough of This Picturesque Seattle Suburb

Amazon, TikTok and OpenAI are among the firms taking office space in Bellevue, where rents are higher than in the Emerald City

Unlocked article:
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Tech Companies Can’t Get Enough of This Picturesque Seattle Suburb

Amazon, TikTok and OpenAI are among the firms taking office space in Bellevue, Wash., where rents are higher than in Seattle.

www.wsj.com

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P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting #Marketing challenge we all face particularly in #HigherEd
Thanks for sharing

P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 4d

#Peacock🦚 in mother's #Garden 🌱🌸😍
Kittens 😺 are most respectful of it and keeping their distance.
Look closely well camaflouged
#Chennai