While I know you all follow me for my fantasy books and other writing, I wanted to share another endeavor I’ve undertaken with a few colleagues related to my day job as a data scientist.

We’ve created a free newsletter called Second Raven, where we present our findings from survey experiments and AI-assisted interviews to uncover what people are actually thinking when they answer public opinion surveys and political polls. Because sometimes “strongly agree” is carrying a suitcase full of cave...