Ravshan Hojimatov
@hojimat.bsky.social
Economist | Complex Systems | Agent-based modeling | PhD | hojimat.com
24. Together these three books make up the Big 3 of the Carnegie school
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
24. Together these three books make up the Big 3 of the Carnegie school
18. Herbert Simon (1947) was concerned about both perfect rationality and profit maximization assumptions and argued for more human-centric view of organizations, but these ideas were still vague and not formalized. btw you should read his autobiography "Models of My Life"
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
18. Herbert Simon (1947) was concerned about both perfect rationality and profit maximization assumptions and argued for more human-centric view of organizations, but these ideas were still vague and not formalized. btw you should read his autobiography "Models of My Life"
15. The mainstream view never bothered to unpack the black box of the "firm" to see what is going on inside of it. As late as 1992, Paul Migrom said about profit maximizing firms "yeah, we are aware that it is not that simple, but you know, we do it and you just deal with it"
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
15. The mainstream view never bothered to unpack the black box of the "firm" to see what is going on inside of it. As late as 1992, Paul Migrom said about profit maximizing firms "yeah, we are aware that it is not that simple, but you know, we do it and you just deal with it"
9. Around the same time Maslow (1943) comes up with his hierarchy of needs and forever shuts up every manager who says "Why aren't you doing what you are told? You are an adult and you get paid for this work!". Because money is not all that people care about!
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
9. Around the same time Maslow (1943) comes up with his hierarchy of needs and forever shuts up every manager who says "Why aren't you doing what you are told? You are an adult and you get paid for this work!". Because money is not all that people care about!
7. Henri Fayol (1918) thankfully focused on managers not employees. He said that managers should ensure discipline and unity of command :) But he also said that wages should reward the effort and employees should be treated fairly. I mean... not bad for its time, I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
7. Henri Fayol (1918) thankfully focused on managers not employees. He said that managers should ensure discipline and unity of command :) But he also said that wages should reward the effort and employees should be treated fairly. I mean... not bad for its time, I guess.
6. Max Weber (1947) was like "how do we get rid of biases and favoritism?" and came up with "bureaucracy" - every organization is hierarchy of roles. Roles define behavior, not the other way around. He "solved" human biases by removing humans from the equation.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
6. Max Weber (1947) was like "how do we get rid of biases and favoritism?" and came up with "bureaucracy" - every organization is hierarchy of roles. Roles define behavior, not the other way around. He "solved" human biases by removing humans from the equation.
5. Frederick Taylor (1911) was obsessed with efficiency and experiments like "what height should scaffold be so that bricklayers work faster?" He called it "scientific management" but it was more of an engineering. Taylorism is still used today in places like McDonalds.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
5. Frederick Taylor (1911) was obsessed with efficiency and experiments like "what height should scaffold be so that bricklayers work faster?" He called it "scientific management" but it was more of an engineering. Taylorism is still used today in places like McDonalds.
World: going to space, creating AGI, Blockchain revolution
Elsevier:
Elsevier:
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
World: going to space, creating AGI, Blockchain revolution
Elsevier:
Elsevier:
Wrote a CLI tool to rank universities without visiting JS heavy websites and spend your RAM. Then I added Clarivate journal rankings which you have to sell your soul to access.
github.com/hojimat/rank...
github.com/hojimat/rank...
July 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wrote a CLI tool to rank universities without visiting JS heavy websites and spend your RAM. Then I added Clarivate journal rankings which you have to sell your soul to access.
github.com/hojimat/rank...
github.com/hojimat/rank...
Herb Simon wrote that he was always a smart kid and was curious how the world works, so he studied organizations. This always felt odd to me. In my worldview he should have somehow ended up studying physics.
July 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Herb Simon wrote that he was always a smart kid and was curious how the world works, so he studied organizations. This always felt odd to me. In my worldview he should have somehow ended up studying physics.
How I was ambushed by a popup and accidentally removed my submission after paying Article Processing Charges. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, you need to hire UX/UI people... or at least have a recycle bin for deleted submissions.
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
How I was ambushed by a popup and accidentally removed my submission after paying Article Processing Charges. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, you need to hire UX/UI people... or at least have a recycle bin for deleted submissions.
It wasn't clear to me, so I drew a little DAG. Seems reasonable to assume that if you start looking at the causes of weak grip, you will increase probability of finding the reasons that lead to deeper problems, and this will improve overall health.
June 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It wasn't clear to me, so I drew a little DAG. Seems reasonable to assume that if you start looking at the causes of weak grip, you will increase probability of finding the reasons that lead to deeper problems, and this will improve overall health.
Let Herb Simon cook
June 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let Herb Simon cook
It's crazy how in the 80s multiple regressions were villified for being black box models. Today when someone criticizes simulations or deep learning models, usually brings up multiple regressions as a better alternative. Path dependence when you are unaware of it is wild.
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's crazy how in the 80s multiple regressions were villified for being black box models. Today when someone criticizes simulations or deep learning models, usually brings up multiple regressions as a better alternative. Path dependence when you are unaware of it is wild.
This is actually funny
June 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is actually funny
People saw this and invented Sankey diagrams
June 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
People saw this and invented Sankey diagrams
That's a pretty freaking low bar, I must say.
May 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
That's a pretty freaking low bar, I must say.
This is what web developers call backend-for-frontend
May 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This is what web developers call backend-for-frontend
W. Brian Arthur - a true thinker and a role model
May 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
W. Brian Arthur - a true thinker and a role model
Although I am critical of agent-based simulations, I cannot justify why an economics paper should look like this either:
May 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Although I am critical of agent-based simulations, I cannot justify why an economics paper should look like this either:
Nice line fit. Looks totally legit.
April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nice line fit. Looks totally legit.
Wow, academia in the 90s was crazy
April 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wow, academia in the 90s was crazy