Economist invents randomized author ordering — and the algorithm ranks him last anyway
paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-17
Economist Paul Novosad shares an academic irony: he helped invent randomized author ordering for papers (to counter alphabetical bias), yet the recommendation algorithm still placed him last. 'No good deed goes unpunished.'
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