Marciano Siniscalchi
@marciano.bsky.social
Econ prof at Northwestern. Tech enthusiast. TeX devotee. Pythonista. Weekend runner. Born and raised in Milan 🇮🇹, living in Chicago 🇺🇲. Husband and dad. https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/msi661 (pardon the handcrafted 90s-style HTML)
🚨🚨🚨 New working paper! 🚨🚨🚨 "The Hunt for Loss Aversion: A Bayesian Detective Story" with Brian Monroe and Glenn Harrison #EconSky #ProspectTheory #Bayes cear.gsu.edu/wp-2026-01-t... a thread ...
#Bieber was the hydration break of the #WorldCup #HalftimeShow
Apparently, we've already reached the "come over to the dark side" phase share.google/a7wbzoF3LnW4...
Anthropic President Daniela Amodei: 'We must embrace both the positive side and the dark side of AI'
The president of the American artificial intelligence start-up, valued at $965 billion and known for its warnings about the risks of this technology, shares her perspective with Le Monde on the major ...
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Interesting. My birthplace shows up in this ranking. Surprisingly, my current ( and much beloved) hometown does not. Ranked: The World's Top Billionaire Cities in 2026 share.google/GaqFQw4zhgTC...
Ranked: The World’s Top Billionaire Cities in 2026
New York ranks first with 146 billionaires, but Chinese cities dominate the upper ranks.
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For people on Windows who are upset bc their country flags 🇺🇸 are not showing up, try the Flagmoji extension chromewebstore.google.com/detail/flagm...
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Displays flag emojis
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Seriously, who would have thought that the humble matrix multiplication would turn out to be be the Spice of our civilization?
Steve Wozniak figured out how to talk about AI during a graduation speech without getting booed. 😁
London Business School and Milan’s SDA Bocconi School of Management lead the twin 2026 FT executive education rankings, at a time of rapid disruption in demand from managers and employers for training and development. ft.trib.al/uIbvux1
This morning I spotted my second Waymo car in Chicago - apparently, for now, they're just mapping streets ahead of the actual launch. Still, pretty cool to see!
Not shaping up to be a great summer season for the cruise industry
CNN@cnn.com · 3mo agoAs many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.
TIL something new about a horribly dark chapter in my hometown's history
CNN@cnn.com · 3mo agoNot only is Milan's main train station one of the most famous buildings in Italy to be completed during fascism, but beneath the main passenger facilities lies a concealed platform that was used for horrifying purposes during World War II. https://cnn.it/4dcoHns
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
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Congratulations to Botond Kőszegi for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in theory, behavioral, and experimental econ. His term will start on January 1, ‘27. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Can somebody explain why Outlook is a good choice for space communications?
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 4mo ago"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.
This one wins April 1st AMD says it will buy Intel, completing the strangest reversal in chip history | TechSpot share.google/7exg4JrL5bW2...
Controversial take: the Italian national soccer team doesn't take the World Cup very seriously
Really honored to be asked by The Verge to write a couple of pieces about Apple at 50. Here's the first one, about the computer that made Apple a success long before the Mac: The Apple II.
Apple II Forever!
Apple would never have survived a decade without Steve Wozniak’s marvelous machine.
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I always had a deep personal connection with The Onion
The Onion@theonion.com · 4mo agoAvoid looking back on your deathbed and wishing you'd spent more time accumulating material possessions. Carpe diem. Shop the Onion Store today. https://store.theonion.com/products/dad-suggests-arriving-14-hours-early-t-shirt?variant=44809580118085
First it was Halloween - it's now all the rage in my native country. Now this. What's next, Thanksgiving to become an Italian national holiday?
CNN@cnn.com · 5mo agoTeam Italy pitcher Dylan DeLucia threw four shutout innings in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico – purportedly the first baseball game to be broadcast on national Italian television.
So weird: there's more than one scammy memorial site inviting donations or tree-planting in my dad's memory. We are not asking for that, but if people feel moved, donations in lieu of flowers to www.aclu-mn.org, www.aclu.org, or www.eff.org Econ folks, can you help get the word out?
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in th...
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@ourworldindata.org never disappoints
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 5mo agoThe same underlying data gives us three different pictures. The absolute number of deaths is up; the crude rate is up slightly; the age-standardized rate is down. None of these are inaccurate, but they answer different questions.