Status Updates From The Winner's Curse: Paradox...

“To be clear about this, Alex was of no help whatsoever in crafting the original versions of these columns. He claims to have a legitimate excuse, as he was in kindergarten in Bender, Moldova, when I was getting started. if for some reason you’re unfamiliar with Bender it’s about 600 km Due south of Chernobyl, which in April 1986 had the nuclear power plant disaster that is its unfortunate claim to fame.”

“To see the intuition, think of planet Earth. We hope all readers of this book can agree that it is round.” lol

it’s always crazy to me how simple these experiments are (e.g. dictator game) and yet how influential and important they are

Currently thinking abt the guy working the cash register at Indigo who first called up the person ahead of me by saying “hey doomscroller!” and then, upon seeing the cover of this book, chuckled and said “That’s what I have. The winner’s curse.”