Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
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Cosma Rohilla Shalizi is a statistician in the Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, which he joined as an assistant professor in August 2006.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Current role: Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, which he joined as an assistant professor in August 2006 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 28 February 1974, Boston; grew up in Bethesda, Maryland (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Bachelor's degree in physics, University of California, Berkeley; PhD in physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison (May 2001) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The conditions under which market prices alone suffice to coordinate an economy are so extreme as to be absurd. (opens korrents.com)
“The conditions under which equilibrium prices really are all a decision-maker needs to know, and really are sufficient for coordination, are so extreme as to be absurd.”
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The market's worst pathologies come from market exchange combined with gross inequality, not from markets as such. (opens korrents.com)
“I don't think this sort of pathology is intrinsic to market exchange; it comes from market exchange plus gross inequality.”
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Egalitarian distribution of resources is a complement to market allocation. (opens korrents.com)
“There is, in other words, a strong case to be made for egalitarian distributions of resources being a complement to market allocation.”
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The conditions under which market prices alone suffice to coordinate an economy are so extreme as to be absurd. (opens korrents.com)
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750 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (opens rcmnd.app)
“Mind candy fantasy: in which an early-21st-century American young woman, whose English-lit thesis and love life are going equally poorly, does a good deed; gets rewarded with three wishes, without realizing it; and, in…”
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A History of Biology (opens rcmnd.app)
“The chapter on medieval Islam wasn't very deep, otherwise this is truly excellent, particularly when covering the very complicated 20th century. I don't have much more to say, because it is so good, except that I…”
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Go Down Hard (opens rcmnd.app)
“Mind candy: dueling psycho-killers go on a date; mayhem ensues.”
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The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (opens rcmnd.app)