Somewhat Unlikely
Soubhik BarariUnderstanding society better. Writings on public opinion, politics, AI, media, and statistics. Sometimes with pretty charts.
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Surprising discoveries (#9)
Painted by John Alden Twachtman (1914). Make it your next goal in life to see this mural of whimsical gentleman monkeys at the newly re-opened Frick Collection.
Recent writings
Hello! If you’re coming across this newsletter for the fir...
Betting on social media
This is a cross-post of a piece I published with my NORC colleagues Alex Kresovich and this week. You can read the original piece here.
Since nationwide legalization in 2018, sports betting has grown at a remarkable pace. Gambling...
Surprising discoveries (#8)
Upcoming talks
Talks on AI, survey research, and social science coming soon to a tour stop near you!
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March 27th - UMich 8th Annual Rensis Likert Symposium (On AI-assisted conversational interviewing)
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April 2nd - UChicago Har...
Surprising discoveries (#7)
Photo by Thomas Colgrove
Surprising discoveries
Cutting USAID immediately increased armed conflict in Africa. An empirical analysis of real-time conflict data (ACLED) found that the 2025 USAID suspension was followed by roughly a 5% in...
Surprising discoveries (#6)
Fake spring day in Brooklyn. Lots of birds, slight breeze, no AI in sight.
Surprising discoveries
Support for legal psilocybin is where cannabis was in the mid-1990s. The first nationally representative survey on psychedelic legalizati...
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Quantitative Social Scientist. Methodologist at NORC at UChicago. Instructor at Columbia. Writings on public opinion, AI, politics, media, social statistics. Opinions solely my own. (Pronounced like "show bizz").
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