Jeremy Horpedahl highlights that Nicholas Polson, a University of Chicago business school professor, has authored 258 working papers in 2026 alone, with six published on SSRN in a single day. Most papers are standard academic length, ranging from 27 to 80 pages, and are co-authored with Sokolov. Their productivity is aided by AI, a rarity in economics. Horpedahl notes that each paper reads like a normal academic work, despite the extraordinary volume.

One paper, "Theories of Human Connection," is an 80-page interdisciplinary synthesis across economics, psychology, biology, philosophy, game theory, and spiritual tradition. The abstract discusses human connection as the most studied yet least integrated phenomenon, integrating fourteen thinkers including Becker, Bowlby, and Von Neumann. It argues that relationship failures often stem from misidentifying which dimension is in play.

Horpedahl criticizes the inclusion of Gottman, whose divorce prediction claims he views as dubious. Despite the AI assistance, the papers appear substantive, though the sheer output raises questions about quality and depth.