As promised, more substantive posts (including a reflection on my freshman seminar on math, linguistics, and writing) to come soon, once I finish my thesis.1 For now, assorted links accrued over procrastination during thesis-writing. Terry Tao has a really cool…
Tag Archive for social choice theory
Education, English 125, Gamut, Linguistics, Math
Math, Writing, and the World: The Freshman Writing Course I’m Teaching in the Fall
by Rafe Kinsey •
(There’s a printer- and footnote-friendly pdf version—with links still working!—here if you prefer.) This fall, I’m teaching a freshman writing course at the University of Michigan.1 I’ll be writing a lot about this course and related topics over the coming…
Economics, Exposition, Law, Math
The Irrationality of Committees and Courts: A Voting Paradox
by Rafe Kinsey •
Many things in life are decided by groups of people making judgments together—in courts, committees, board rooms, legislatures, etc. Collective decision-making has much to recommend it: groups of people can pool their wisdom, no one person can rule by fiat,…