Faiaz
@faiaz.bsky.social
Pursuing understanding with curiosity, exploration & reflection 💬
📚Interests: comparative politics, IR, public policy, political economy, development, local politics, gender, technology
📚Interests: comparative politics, IR, public policy, political economy, development, local politics, gender, technology
Great article about the ouster of the authoritarian PM of Bangladesh recently. Two ideas stand out: infrastructural populism- an autocratic govt using big, expensive infrastructure projects to buy legitimacy from populace, & students as critical political actors.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - The Return of Politics in Bangladesh
muse.jhu.edu
January 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great article about the ouster of the authoritarian PM of Bangladesh recently. Two ideas stand out: infrastructural populism- an autocratic govt using big, expensive infrastructure projects to buy legitimacy from populace, & students as critical political actors.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Powerful and somewhat depressing investigative piece on the pervasiveness of academic fraud. It's still better for fraudulent research to be exposed than not coming to light. Replication and pre-registration of studies must become standard practice everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Powerful and somewhat depressing investigative piece on the pervasiveness of academic fraud. It's still better for fraudulent research to be exposed than not coming to light. Replication and pre-registration of studies must become standard practice everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Dilemma: Bluesky feels much nicer to use but it is in reality an echo chamber of mostly agreeing academics & experts
vs.
Twitter with much more diverse audience/users which sometimes does feel like Musk's personal echo chamber but which remains one of the few places I encounter diverse opinions.
vs.
Twitter with much more diverse audience/users which sometimes does feel like Musk's personal echo chamber but which remains one of the few places I encounter diverse opinions.
November 14, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Dilemma: Bluesky feels much nicer to use but it is in reality an echo chamber of mostly agreeing academics & experts
vs.
Twitter with much more diverse audience/users which sometimes does feel like Musk's personal echo chamber but which remains one of the few places I encounter diverse opinions.
vs.
Twitter with much more diverse audience/users which sometimes does feel like Musk's personal echo chamber but which remains one of the few places I encounter diverse opinions.
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Thoughtful piece here. I feel that much of empirical social science at present is aimed at gaining control in the world. I wonder what will happen when we all have to realize we cannot have it.
Social science shows that it is hard to achieve lasting positive results from policy change. But that hardly justifies your policy revolution. The political system, not our evidentiary standards, incentivizes incremental change or no change.
My latest:
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
My latest:
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
Vital City | The World is Hard to Change
Social science has its limits.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
March 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Thoughtful piece here. I feel that much of empirical social science at present is aimed at gaining control in the world. I wonder what will happen when we all have to realize we cannot have it.
Blue sky vs. strong network effects + inertia a.k.a twitter
Strong incentive to get on any social media platform that's taking off to secure the handle, despite the high chance it won't replace the default platform.
Strong incentive to get on any social media platform that's taking off to secure the handle, despite the high chance it won't replace the default platform.
September 28, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Blue sky vs. strong network effects + inertia a.k.a twitter
Strong incentive to get on any social media platform that's taking off to secure the handle, despite the high chance it won't replace the default platform.
Strong incentive to get on any social media platform that's taking off to secure the handle, despite the high chance it won't replace the default platform.