just for fun but it turns out to be more than fun. i attended an introductory talk on train scheduling in the neighboring department. Here are some key takeaways

About the 2023 Econ Nobel, how it relates with Barbie, and the controversy about Lisa’s recent dance performance.

I won’t take the bait, but it sucks when ¥8000 slips out of your hands nevertheless. Here’s the story.

I watched Swan Lake tonight – the famous Tchaikovsky ballet, performed by the National Ballet of China. The performance lasted two and a half hours, a bit lengthy, especially with there are kids sitting nearby: left side of me, right side of me, behind me… Regarding my personal preference, I favor the Black Swan significantly more than the White Swan. The Black Swan embodies life and vitality, with her charming smile lighting up the stage, captivating the audience (including the prince), and infusing the performance with energy....

Welcome back to the carnival of economic theories! Episode 2: The Diamond Paradox. I love the paper. Diamond’s model revolves around a discrete-time market, denoted as $t\in [T]$, featuring multiple consumers and firms. Consumer Behavior Each consumer possesses a downward-sloping demand function $x(p)$, it decreases as price ($p$) increases. In this market, consumers have a strategic buying plan: they purchase a product in period $t$ if and only if the price is less than or equal to their predetermined cutoff price, $q$....

During a family dinner today, we played a game, more like a question really. It went like this: Imagine you (and everyone else on Earth) have to pick either a red or a blue button. If more than half the people pick the blue button, everyone survives. If not, only those who picked the red button survive. I believe the people who brought up this game remembered it incorrectly. Clearly, the game was meant to present a tricky choice, but this version has an obvious dominant strategy - choosing the red button....

Winning in terms of gameplay might be straightforward, but winning in terms of social dynamics is the real challenge.

The Werewolf game is a wildly popular social board game in China, enjoyed by groups of 4 to 10 players. It’s a versatile game that can be played in various settings, whether it’s a post-meal gathering or any other social occasion. The game has gained immense popularity, transcending friend circles. For instance, our orchestra crew delved into intense games of werewolf in the hotel lobby until the late hours during our tour, while the scientist squads (or actually, professors) engaged in a gripping round when they were unexpectedly confined indoors due to a rainstorm during a conference reception....

Ariana Grande’s “goodnight n go” has an incredibly special place in my heart. It’s not just a song; it’s an emotional journey that I embark on every time I listen to it. At first, I was drawn to its dreamy and beautiful melody, and it quickly became my second favorite song. However, over time, it has come to mean so much more to me. One of the most powerful parts of the song, for me, is the following part, as it reminds me of moments in my own life when I didn’t want to say goodbye to someone I cared about....

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