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Alvin Chang

@alv9n

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Journalist / Assistant professor @TheNewSchool / bigcharts.substack.com

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Who killed the world? Alvin Chang analyzed the top 200 sci-fi films from every decade. Here’s what he learned. 📹 Watch the video version: youtube.com/watch?v=nRQ2vM… 💻 Or play around with the interactive version: pudding.cool/2024/07/scifi/

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Last week I published an interactive data essay on how sci-fi has changed in the last 70 years. pudding.cool/2024/07/scifi/ I also made a video version, and found myself getting emotional tracking the voiceover. Anyway, I'm pretty proud of this piece: youtube.com/watch?v=nRQ2vM…

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New project! @_tomvaillant examines one of the most debated questions in parenting: whether or not to sleep train your child. In this essay, Tom depicts sleep training opinions across social media, popular media, and medical research. pudding.cool/2024/07/sleep-…

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This experiment is a really good indicator of where consumer-facing AI bots are now. 1. It did way better than I thought! 2. If you've used AI tools, you'll be familiar with where it falls short. 3. I'm sure it'll get better are some aspects, but for now it's an OK assistant.

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An introduction to a delightful game called crokinole. Fun fact: An earlier draft of this had a very difficult interactive challenge. I spent 30 minutes trying to beat it. Never beat it. pudding.cool/2024/10/crokin…

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I love this story. I love this chart. I love when people just go so deep into something they love, and make something meaningful for the rest of us. pudding.cool/2024/10/fanfic/

I love this story. I love this chart. I love when people just go so deep into something they love, and make something meaningful for the rest of us.

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The US workforce can be divided into “sitters” (like programmers and lawyers) and “standers” (like servers and construction workers). In our newest piece, Alvin Chang looks at what we can learn from this labor split. 📷: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitter… 📺: youtube.com/watch?v=sE_Ew0…

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Just one week left to enter The Pudding Cup, where we crown our favorite data visual passion projects of 2024. Get your submissions in by Nov. 30! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

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New project! What happens when strangers have to talk for 30 minutes? Alvin Chang's latest project tracks how their moods change as the conversation progresses. 🔗: pudding.cool/2025/06/hello-…