Georg Weizsäcker
Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"
- So true 👇🏻 that corruption makes you weak
- Funny thing, corruption. It shows one’s weakness of mind and makes the mind even weaker.
- Berlin office 😟 bsky.app/profile/karl...
- The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
- Correcting a grammatical error by wrecking the building it’s written on Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
- The current 🇺🇸 government commits misdeeds at a massive scale. And yet its incompetence occasionally shows best in the small errors, like the one on this house. It is simply wrong to say "The X and the Y center ..."
- on the facade of a leading cultural venue!
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View full thread"The closure of the center also fits into another pattern: As I wrote last week, Trump has proved adept at destroying things but shows little interest in building them back up." bsky.app/profile/rhin...
- Game theory is so naive. It says 🇪🇺 should become independent of fossile fuel imports.
- The Epstein discussion is a reminder that all people, including scholars, are corruptible. The challenge is to be it as little as possible, and to create disincentives for it via strong responses, laws, and standards.
- Btw none of it is an excuse for being corrupt, quite the opposite
- 100% true
- Russia's targeted bombing of civilian infrastructure in #Ukraine is heart-wrenching. It's also a war crime. While we can only hope that one day those responsible will stand trial, we should do as much as we can to fill the gaps in Ukraine's defence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
- Might now be a convenient time to build 🇪🇺 tech and military, large scale? Over Creamy Chicken, Europe’s Leaders Try to Reduce Dependence on Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...
- Perhaps also a moment of opportunity for Friedrich Merz to shine
- In a world of giants, we too must become giants. A gentle giant that promotes international law and cooperation. But a strong giant all the same. 🇪🇺 www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
- What could go wrong Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
