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I'd love to say I had a better one but I don't at the moment. Big thanks for creating this - the old thread was a really useful source for me, and I'm sure a ton of others on the forum. These two are in the old thread, but I think they are worth adding to the top here: ShadowCatboy's OP on debating diplomatically" Study - studies are worthless when it comes to changing someone's opinion I think these are even more important in this time, particularly if you're trying to figure out how to get through to your Facebook-spamming parents or friends-you-know-believe-some-really-bad-poo poo-but-you-want-to-keep-the-friendship.
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Discriminatory Effects of Credit Scoring on Communities of Color ^ re: Racism, and how communities of color get screwed on mortgages and loans. Also covers some of the 2008 context, where communities of color were more likely to be targeted for sub-prime loans. It's not very long, but gives a lot of details about systemic racism. I'm going to trawl through some of the forums and see what other articles/studies are regularly referenced.
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Universal Basic Income A hot-button topic. Unfortunately, there's not a massive amount of research on this one - many studies are ongoing. A lot of the arguments for/against seem to be philosophical in nature: one side arguing "giving people money dis-incentivizes work (people are lazy)" vs. "people inherently want to work, regardless of financial status (people are capitalists)". Actual Studies This Alaska UBI study found that UBI had no effect on employment. Study was done by an NBER fellow - an independent non-partisan org that is generally well-respected, if small. This Barcelona UBI study found a small decrease in employment, but only in the 'active groups' - groups that had to take part in some activities to get the benefit, which the study writers suspect impacted their ability to look for employment. Results were only significant in some groups, but not all. Study was funded by many groups, which includes the Spain government and groups like the European Regional Development Fund. The Finland Basic Income experiment found improved perceptions of well-being and mental health, while reporting no significant effects on employment. The study also showed small benefits in mental health and perception of well-being. The study's main flaw is that after year 1, a change in other monetary policies confounded further analysis of employment. Study was funded largely by the Finnish government. Other Resources The 2019 NBER analysis of UBI in the US and other countries is a meta-analysis of other UBI studies. It concludes that a 'pure' UBI would be extremely expensive, on the order of twice the cost of all other current social 'redistribution' programs in the US. It would also be regressive, if it meant replacing all existing anti-poverty programs, rather than supplementing them. This is the one to read if you want an in-depth look, and the citations link to other extremely relevant research. The above analysis also covers some other relevant talking points, and describes what research there is (often little) on it - for example, arguments have been made that the decline in labor supply from UBI will be largely small and temporary, that it would reduce the stigma of assistance program participation and allow freer career decisions. However, all of these need further study. This 2020 Stanford meta-analysis of other studies is another relevant point, and summarizes the current findings. Take-aways are that there are significant research gaps in evaluating a truly universal, sustained UBI. Most findings show labor effects are minimal, while health and education outcomes improve. They also suggest that other social programs, similar to UBI, should be further researched - there is little attention on the impacts of broader social and fiscal policy. IT BEGINS fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Thanks for the UBI stuff. If anyone wants to jump in on some other categories, that would be cool.
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This is a crucial topic of discussion, and I think it's important to acknowledge from the outset that people are living in increasingly seperate realities. Our society relies on shared realities to properly function, and lately they have begun to fracture. Any dialogue has to start from certain agreed assumptions, otherwise they are just monologues happening in parallel. And in that context, meaningful conversations are becoming basically impossible, and any well-sourced argument will just be ignored. It's largely an epistemological problem. So we're going to need to figure out a way forward within that dynamic, to bridge that divide. I'll hopefully have more to add later, particularly around the idea of conspiracies and misinformation, but just wanted to throw that out there for now.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:This is a crucial topic of discussion, and I think it's important to acknowledge from the outset that people are living in increasingly seperate realities. Our society relies on shared realities to properly function, and lately they have begun to fracture. Any dialogue has to start from certain agreed assumptions, otherwise they are just monologues happening in parallel. And in that context, meaningful conversations are becoming basically impossible, and any well-sourced argument will just be ignored. Agreed, and social media radicalization as well.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:It's largely an epistemological problem. So we're going to need to figure out a way forward within that dynamic, to bridge that divide. Street Epistemology sometimes lead to interesting conversations. Obviously a lot of it is just the socratic method but there is a structure to it that seems useful when engaging with entrenched beliefs.
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I remember somebody once posting a study that showed that charter schools largely don't perform, including not performing as well as just giving public schools more money. It had rating for just about every school reform possible. Anyone have that?
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For Covid19 there's a few very helpful articles I've referenced. Excess Mortality Yes, this is the "flu dashboard" but it also tracks some Covid19 data. In the section about NCHS Mortality Statistics, you can find a great chart with links to a nice, simple data set regarding flu and Covid19 mortality - and most usefully - total deaths by year. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm One data set (this link changes, so it may be stale when you download it.) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2020-2021/data/NCHSData46.csv CDC article from October addressing excess mortality and how it indicates Covid19 deaths are underreported - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm?s_cid=mm6942e2_w Mask Efficacy Oxford Study - https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-19-study-face-masks-and-coverings-work-act-now Data about mask usage vs reopening, showing that mask mandates decreased new Covid19 cases by about 90% - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06277-0
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This seems like a good thread to resurrect and also ask for some help. In a few weeks I'm going to get into teaching the text of the Constitution, which is going to mean talking about how elections work and the 1st Amendment right to protest, which is going to inevitably mean talking about January 6 and why Joe Biden did not in fact steal the election like a bunch of the kids have been loving parroting since the first day of school because of their idiot chud parents. Does anyone have any favorite articles or timelines of events discussing Nov. through Jan. of last year they could share with me that I can use as resources to prepare for that? Preferably with a minimum of technical poo poo/a layman bent since I'm going to be teaching middle schoolers? So much of that whole nightmare is honestly still a blur for me, and because of a Covid flareup taking us back to Virtual after winter break for three weeks I never actually had to directly address the event much in its aftermath. By the time they came back the kids had all emotionally moved on from something they weren't really old enough to comprehend, and I was already way behind on standards anyway so I couldn't afford to take a bunch of time to discuss it. Frankly I was such an emotional wreck trying to teach through Covid unvaccinated for half the year and the School Board constantly trying to capitulate to anti-mask anti-science conspiracy gently caress parents that I didn't want to observe things too closely and just kind of basked in Biden's victory. Even on Jan 6 I found the whole thing funny at first, as my posting history on the day would show. But now I'm going to have to deal with it, especially since I have so many kids that consistently and vocally crack wise about Biden stealing it. One of my favorite and brightest students showed me how she'd blacked out Biden's name in her List Of Presidents when she got her planner. I can't afford not to address it this time, and even if I wanted to there's no way I wouldn't have to tackle them asking about it anyway.
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Sanguinia posted:This seems like a good thread to resurrect and also ask for some help. My work got very busy and I've let this languish. If anyone has a category they'd like to fill out or edits to any of what I've put in, let me know and I'll slap it up there. In particular the COVID section is probably out of date.
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Sanguinia posted:In a few weeks I'm going to get into teaching the text of the Constitution, which is going to mean talking about how elections work and the 1st Amendment right to protest, which is going to inevitably mean talking about January 6 and why Joe Biden did not in fact steal the election like a bunch of the kids have been loving parroting since the first day of school because of their idiot chud parents. Does anyone have any favorite articles or timelines of events discussing Nov. through Jan. of last year they could share with me that I can use as resources to prepare for that? Preferably with a minimum of technical poo poo/a layman bent since I'm going to be teaching middle schoolers? I haven't looked at it, but Idaho has a series of videos about how elections work and since it's Idaho I assume they're meant to respond to Republican fraud claims. Maybe there's something useful in there (or your state has the same thing)? fwiw Idaho didn't sign onto the Texas lawsuit last year
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James Garfield posted:I haven't looked at it, but Idaho has a series of videos about how elections work and since it's Idaho I assume they're meant to respond to Republican fraud claims. Maybe there's something useful in there (or your state has the same thing)? Very nice, thanks. The Voter Fraud Is A Myth thing from the OP is also a great resource. What I most need now is specific info about the failed post-Election lawsuits, Stop the Steal and Kraken stuff and the leadup to the Jan 6 Protests so I can show exactly how Joe Biden did NOT steal the election.
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Brennan center is a great resource but I also wrote the OP before the 2020 elections really got wierd so there's probably a large amount of stuff on elections that people have now they that they weren't thinking about
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Sort of related to the main thread topic: I'm looking for a book that gives an overview of major world religions from an 'overall neutral' point of view for a kid, and am coming up with approximately jack poo poo. What I'm looking for is a book that doesn't just go over the basics of their beliefs and nicer-sounding bits -- there's a bunch of those around -- but also is unafraid to point out times in history when people did horrific things in the name of their religion, or to critique when a faith's tenets make little sense on the surface. I'm fine with my son learning the positive and neutral aspects of religions, but the negative shouldn't be omitted. I guess most "children's books" authors probably don't want to risk offending someone, or feel that religious critique is inappropriate for kids, but maybe a goon has heard of something out there? Like, it's common to have strict gender roles/gender-based oppression in religions; I'd like a book that's unafraid to, at the very least, point this out, even if it doesn't go on a full blown rant about it. Something like, "X religion has a strict male-only leadership, which many feel is out of step in modern times" or whatever, something that is at least enough to give food for thought, or start a longer conversation.
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Pushing this thread up to see if there's any interest in adding to it.
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Jaxyon posted:Pushing this thread up to see if there's any interest in adding to it. Sure, I'll throw this in here. It's long but I think it's worth a look: https://daniel-ed-morrison.medium.com/we-need-to-talk-about-truth-d977c80c25d
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