Seth Werfel
@sethwerfel
Social scientist building an evidence-based philanthropy. Previously @Stanford PhD. Forever @NYKnicks and @ATPTour fan. He/him.
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04-05-2017 17:03:52
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I love how Arnold Ventures John Arnold gives their interns so much visibility! No reason why other orgs can't do this in the age of social media. A huge part of a successful internship program is setting your interns up for a wide range of future opportunities.
Mostly agree, and we've updated Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 and Maresa Strano's summaries here: knapsackfund.notion.site/Primaries-rank… I'd say the most promising evidence on RCV recently has been when it's combined with top-four primaries, but jury is still out! Probably the most important thing is to
Must-read from Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 and Rob Oldham! More (and better) parties is very likely the answer to many of the problems that people lament in our politics today, not no parties or weaker parties.
This ongoing collation and synthesis by oscar pocasangre and New America is excellent. For a slightly different format on much of the same underlying information, check out our knowledge base here: knapsackfund.notion.site/Primaries-rank…
Very thoughtful indeed: Sightline Institute posits that the path to proportional representation is long and winding and passes through intermediate things like RCV. This makes sense, but probably depends on your timeline and specifying the counterfactual. I have also heard from activists
Important note from Mike Barber. (Also, this caveat applies to almost anything people are looking up related to this election and politics more broadly...)
We’re excited to announce that we’ve expanded our Ambassador Council with four new members: Suzanne E. Kecmer, Sid Rajgarhia, David Ushery, & Seth Werfel! See the full press release on our blog. alliancefordecisioneducation.org/blog/press-rel…