New Elasticity Institute paper formalizes recursive self-improvement feedback loops

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Brian Jabarian@brian_jabarian

8/ Very stimulating working on such a complex concept with such a cool interdisciplinary collective of economists made possible thanks to @testingham ranging from behavioral, experimental, history, theory, macro etc

3:31 AM · Jul 15, 2026

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Ramez Naam@ramez

@testingham @andrewjkoh @arjun_ramani3 @BasilHalperin @brian_jabarian @cherylwoooo @AlthoffLukas @whitfill_parker @pawtrammell This is an excellent paper. It helps clearly communicate the feedback loops involved and key parameters we need empirical data for. And the conclusions are similar to what I get to. Thanks for putting it together.

7:17 AM · Jul 15, 2026

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Brian Jabarian@brian_jabarian

8/ Very stimulating working on such a complex concept with such a cool interdisciplinary collective of economists made possible thanks to @testingham ranging from behavioral, experimental, history, theory, macro etc

3:31 AM · Jul 15, 2026

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Ramez Naam@ramez

@testingham @andrewjkoh @arjun_ramani3 @BasilHalperin @brian_jabarian @cherylwoooo @AlthoffLukas @whitfill_parker @pawtrammell This is an excellent paper. It helps clearly communicate the feedback loops involved and key parameters we need empirical data for. And the conclusions are similar to what I get to. Thanks for putting it together.

7:17 AM · Jul 15, 2026

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