Astral Codex Ten

Karen

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Karen

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Karen is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between April 10, 2022 and December 22, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “Contact: Karen (caoyy19@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)”; “Karen in Montreal on why it’s hard to use stimulants”; “Karen in Montreal on why it’s hard to use stimulants for weight loss”. It most often appears alongside Mary, Michael, Rationality.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 3
  • Issue count: 3
  • First seen: April 10, 2022
  • Last seen: December 22, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Spring Meetups In Seventy Cities
April 10, 2022 · Original source
BEIJING, CHINA Contact: Karen (caoyy19@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn) Date: April 24 Time: 3:00 PM Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8PFRWCH5+46 Location: 大酉·M Coffee，美术馆后街77号文创美术馆内
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8PFRWCH5+46
Highlights From The Comments On Semaglutide
November 30, 2022 · Original source
Karen in Montreal on why it’s hard to use stimulants for weight loss:
Inline links: on why
In The Long Run, We're All Dad
December 22, 2023 · Original source
Now the statisticians have joined the fray: did you know that children with short first names earn over $10,000 more than longer ones? Or that men named "Jim" make 50% more than men named "Isaiah"? Is this causation or confounding? Names indicate whether you are black or white, rich or poor, and whether your parents are traditional or eccentric; what is left after adjusting for this effect? The only paper I’ve seen even begin to address the question is a sibling-control study by David Figlio, who finds that even within families, children with lower-class names perform worse. And you don’t need scientists to know that names affect how other people see you. Just ask Chad, Karen, Tyrone, or the poor doctor I worked with once named Osama (he went by “Sam”).
Inline links: did you know, a sibling-control study by David Figlio