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Imagine if your high school offered classes on AI and quantum mechanics

It is difficult for any society, no matter how open or advanced already, to be completely self-aware of the speed or scale by which…

Jan 10, 2018

Imagine if your high school offered classes on AI and quantum mechanics

Jan 10, 2018

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American Democracy in Action

Nothing better illustrates the state of American democracy today than armed policemen dragging defenseless citizens — often, but not…

Nov 29, 2017

American Democracy in Action

Nov 29, 2017

Marc Alexander
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Lux et Libertas

How much would an ideal treatment for opioid addiction cost?

Here are my back-of-the-envelope calculations for an ideal one year of treatment:

Oct 27, 2017

How much would an ideal treatment for opioid addiction cost?

Oct 27, 2017

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Mr. Trump’s dark ties to Russia

By far the most disturbing revelation about Mr. Trump’s Russia connection is the recent report by Reuters that one of the 18 un-reported…

May 19, 2017

Mr. Trump’s dark ties to Russia

May 19, 2017

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Yale hunger strike

Yale President Peter Salovey, in a letter to the Yale community, explained that Yale is not ready to recognize Local 33 as representing…

May 9, 2017

Yale hunger strike

May 9, 2017

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The next big step in graduate education: Why Yale should build its first graduate college

This column was originally published in the Yale Daily News on Apr 18, 2017.

Apr 19, 2017

The next big step in graduate education: Why Yale should build its first graduate college

Apr 19, 2017

Marc Alexander
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Lux et Libertas

A Marshall Plan for the Middle East

Instead of continuing to wage wars in Afghanistan and in the Middle East, the cost of which has already been estimated at $4-$6 trillion…

Mar 6, 2017

A Marshall Plan for the Middle East

Mar 6, 2017

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Lux et Libertas

Remember the Marshall Plan

In April of 1948, the US launched its most successful foreign policy initiative in history.

Feb 15, 2017

Remember the Marshall Plan

Feb 15, 2017

Marc Alexander
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Lux et Libertas

Putin’s Political Power

I spent a year in Moscow fifteen years ago, right at the time that Vladimir Putin was consolidating his power. He dramatically re-organized…

Jan 19, 2017

Putin’s Political Power

Jan 19, 2017

Marc Alexander
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Lux et Libertas

Here is to Storytelling

Casey Neistat reminds us in his film about the importance of storytelling in our own lives. The narrative we tell ourselves and others —…

Sep 30, 2016

Sep 30, 2016

Marc Alexander

Marc Alexander

Yale network scientist and biologist interested in genomics of social networks and evolution of human cooperation

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