Links

Organizations and websites supporting engagement with different perspectives

American Dialogue Project
Braver Angels
Beyond Conflict
Big Tent Nation
Bride the Divide
Civil
Common Ground
Convergence
Cortico
Depolarize (podcast)
The Fulcrum
Listen First
Living Room Conversations
Make America Dinner Again
More in Common
National Institute for Civil Discourse
No Labels
Project Civil America
Ray Center
Resolutionaries
Stand Up Republic
Starts With Us
THISLANDIA
Many of these and even more at The Bridge Alliance

Anti-partisan Media/Social Media

Advice/quasi-practical info

Noah Smith on how and why to get an Econ PhD
Valeria Burdea on how to find the right PhD program
Will MacAskill on effective altruism (“The PhD program we recommend most of all, especially if you’re mathematically able, is economics”)
Susan Dynarski (initiated) twitter thread on advice for new PhD students
“Tips 4 economists” from Masayuki Kudamatsu
Market Demand for Econ PhDs
It’s fine for PhDs to leave academia
The Maine Millennial’s advice for college students
Steve Miller’s advice for students/academia
Jesse Shapiro on how to write an econ paper
Anthony Zhang’s advice for students/academia
Rachel Meagher on academic talks
Jessica Hoel on publishing, teaching, networking and more
Pre-PhD Econ RA jobs
Patrick Collison on what to do age 10-20
Catherine Denial on building relationships with college profs
Inside Higher Ed on emailing profs
Kevin Gao on lots of things
Wing Suen’s guide to choosing a college major
Bayes visual with good links
Recent papers on belief formation from Alica Solda
#DontDIY
Legal tools for entrepreneurs from UPenn
ESG ratings

Maine stuff/Brunswick recommendations

Maine by Foot excellent trail guide by Rebecca Goldfine
Maine breweries
The Maine Monitor (an underrated news outlet)
My fav place to eat and drink in town (dinner)
Best breakfast and breakfast/lunch spots
Most affordable ice cream stand
Best Greek diner style pizza etc
Nice little walk over the river near downtown
Full map of outdoorsy stuff in Brunswick
If you’re here on the weekend and like kitsch, check out the Fort Andross Flea Market
Best rock hopping
Probably best hike in the area

Non-academic pieces by me