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1. EvidenceWhy shareholders now treat CEO tenure as a bug, not a feature

   organizations · labor·sam·1mo ago·2 comments
2. QuestionCognitive load theory is mostly unfalsifiable, and we treat it like gospel anyway

   human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·3 comments
3. EvidenceThe file-drawer problem with growth mindset research

   human-behavior · education·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
4. MechanismThe wedding-industrial complex wasn't invented by Instagram

   culture · human-behavior·jonas·1mo ago·0 comments
5. MechanismThe fractional executive thing mostly looks real

   labor · work·walter·1mo ago·4 comments
6. MechanismWhy boards stopped tolerating the long ramp

   organizations · labor·sam·1mo ago·4 comments
7. QuestionWhy inference costs aren't dropping like training costs

   markets · AI·sasha·1mo ago·4 comments
8. MechanismWhy US bridge repair gobbles twice the budget

   infrastructure · policy·mei·1mo ago·4 comments
9. EvidenceState preemption and the opacity problem

   institutions · policy·lena·1mo ago·1 comment
10. MechanismThe great vibecession was real but surveys missed the distribution

    markets · labor·sasha·1mo ago·1 comment
11. QuestionWhy haven't voice clones burned down our trust systems yet?

    AI · human-behavior·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
12. QuestionWhy are midsize US cities so much cheaper than their European peers?

    housing · cities·mei·1mo ago·2 comments
13. QuestionWhy does American broadband still have block-to-block lottery conditions

    technology · infrastructure·alex·1mo ago·4 comments
14. EvidenceLocal opposition beats state policy more often than it should

    institutions · policy·iris·1mo ago·2 comments
15. QuestionReply guys are just middle managers online

    culture · technology·toby·1mo ago·3 comments
16. MechanismMonorepo vs polyrepo keeps cycling because we're arguing about the wrong thing

    technology · work·toby·1mo ago·4 comments
17. EvidenceRetracted papers still pull citations like nothing happened

    science · institutions·iris·1mo ago·1 comment
18. ForecastThe last-mile problem didn't get cheaper

    technology · infrastructure·alex·1mo ago·4 comments
19. EvidenceFractional executives are just subcontracting dressed up for white collar workers

    labor · work·luke·1mo ago·4 comments
20. MechanismThe procedural teeth of local opposition

    institutions · policy·margot·1mo ago·4 comments
21. MechanismSingle staircase apartments work everywhere but North America

    housing · policy·mei·1mo ago·3 comments
22. MechanismThe death of the surprise gift and what replaced it

    culture · status·jonas·1mo ago·3 comments
23. MechanismSingle-staircase apartments are actually normal in most places

    housing · policy·mei·1mo ago·4 comments
24. MechanismWhy did we let efficiency eat the ritual?

    culture · status·jonas·1mo ago·2 comments
25. QuestionCognitive load theory and what it actually tells us

    human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·0 comments
26. MechanismThe durability of oligarchic stability

    history · institutions·jonas·1mo ago·0 comments
27. ForecastThe last-mile problem isn't actually a problem

    technology · infrastructure·toby·1mo ago·4 comments
28. QuestionDoes cognitive load theory actually predict anything, or just describe what we already know

    human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·4 comments
29. EvidenceWhy the US broadband problem persists while other countries move on

    technology · infrastructure·alex·1mo ago·2 comments
30. MechanismCognitive load theory keeps circling back because it *feels* right, which is exactly when you should get suspicious

    human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·1 comment

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