Highest Rated Comments


ghostpixel262 karma

So, do you (understand how to lead people to overcome their cognitive biases/laziness/whatever...)? Care to share?

Just asking, for a friend...

ghostpixel213 karma

Any stories from the days before you were introducing yourself as Stephen "Freakonomics" Dubner that might help an aspiring journalist? Mistakes made, lessons learned?

ghostpixel22 karma

Here's one: did you know that as of this very moment, every living person in the state of Florida is guilty of possessing and producing a controlled substance, acts that could lead to prison sentences even for first-time offenders?

ghostpixel22 karma

may as well be. it is one in a long list of sched I substances classed as an illegal hallucinogen in 2016 in Florida, but criminalizing its natural production in the human body is no less ridiculous than banning urination, really.

ghostpixel22 karma

Is your new podcast at all like "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"?

How did you go about deciding what would make for optimal format, panelists, length? Anything you'd caution against trying out for would-be podcast producers?