iansane

hi john, your first paragraph is my phd (2021).

its a massively under researched area because relational data has more... dimensions to it and is understandably not as exciting to most.

happy to discuss (email in profile)

The system aims to reward current employees not past ones, so it looks like they get nothing.

I once asked a few angels whether higher preferences increase the startups valuation, surprisingly they told me no.

I'm guessing they view it as more of a reactionary tool against the founders desired valuation

Also... is it just me or does participation and preference combined seem a bit sharky?

I just read both, it is a parody

Cancer isn't man made. It arises from a natural process, but man made activities can accelerate it.

I remember in biology we learned that symmetry is an indicator of good genetics, so it makes sense that we are biased to symmetry since higher fitness/survivability.

do you think this is just a by product of elite journals being targeted more often, rather than a conscious effort to optimise profit?

its definitely an interesting problem. i think its possible that the elite journals are 10x better at detecting fraud but are 100x more like to be targeted. i wonder how we could collect data on this if at all possible

there are situations where percentage is misleading.

10% of people start a startup today, 5% 5 years ago.

20% of young people start today , 30% 5 years ago.

chance of a young person starting today? 2%, 5 years ago? 1.5% . therefore young people are more likely to start a startup today than 5 years ago

households headed by people under 30 is somehow a good indicator of college dropouts? would not be suprised if there were other effects like college students living in their parents garage to bootstrap their startup.

could have measured the growth in accelerator applications by college students as an alternative