Senator Adam Pugh joins Drs. Sharp and Stacey to discuss the 2025 legislative session, his run for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and more politics!

In this episode, Chris Wilson, CEO of Eyes Over, discusses how his firm uses AI, data analytics and social media to gather real-time public sentiment and advise his clients accordingly.

Joined by guest co-host, Dr. Brett Sharp, James discovers how AI is changing the nature of public sentiment gathering and how elected officials, political candidates, and interest group leaders can make use of this information to influence public opinion.

Brett & James also wonder where the line is between public opinion measurement and public opinion manipulation - and how these tools can and are used for both.

To learn more about Eyes Over, go here: https://www.eyesover.com/political

To learn more about Chris Wilson, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherswilson/

To know more about Dr. Brett Sharp, click here: https://www3.uco.edu/centraldirectory/profiles/4560

To learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey, go here: https://rose.edu/staff/emily-stacey/

To find out more about Professor James Davenport, go here: https://rose.edu/staff/james-davenport/

In this episode, Dr. Alex Tabarrok, the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center and a professor of economics at George Mason University, visits with James and his guest co-host, Craig Dawkins about the important insights gained from economics. From opportunity cost to scarcity, and more, Dr. Tabarrok helps us understand how these economic concepts can provide greater clarity about the world around us.

Along the way, we learn about his use of AI in writing, his role in "Operation Warp Speed" which facilitated the development of vaccines for COVID-19, and we discuss his work to improve economic knowledge through Marginal Revolution University and the Marginal Revolution blog. He also discusses a the Borda Count voting method and why it's worth looking at for U.S. elections.

To learn more about Dr. Tabarrok, click here: https://alextabarrok.com/about/

To view Dr. Tabarrok's 2009 Ted Talk, click here: https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_tabarrok_how_ideas_trump_crises?language=en

To visit the Marginal Revolution blog, click here: https://marginalrevolution.com/

To check out Marginal Revolution University, click here: https://mru.org/

Craig Dawkins filled in as a guest host for this episode. Craig is the Associate Dean for the Business and Information Technology Division of Rose State College and teaches both personal finance and economics courses. To learn more about the BIT Division at Rose State College, click here: https://www.rose.edu/content/academics/academic-divisions/business-information-technology/

To learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

You can listen to previous episodes of Not My Generation here: https://notmygeneration.captivate.fm/episodes

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