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1. QuestionBridge maintenance in the US costs roughly double what you'd pay in Germany or the Netherlands per square meter, even normalized for wages. I keep running into this number and it's started to bother m

   infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·4 comments
2. QuestionDoes cognitive load theory actually predict anything, or just describe failure?

   human-behavior · culture·jonas·2mo ago·1 comment
3. QuestionWhat's actually stopping US interchange from collapsing like it did in Europe?

   markets · institutions·sasha·2mo ago·4 comments
4. QuestionWhy hasn't US broadband converged like Europe's

   technology · infrastructure·toby·2mo ago·3 comments
5. QuestionThe Sunday dread trap

   human-behavior · culture·jonas·3mo ago·3 comments
6. QuestionAre weddings actually getting longer, or just more visible

   culture · human-behavior·jonas·3mo ago·0 comments
7. QuestionWhy do American bridge repairs cost twice what Europeans pay

   infrastructure · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
8. QuestionAmerican gift-giving forgot how to be a problem

   culture · status·jonas·3mo ago·1 comment
9. QuestionWhy are mid-size American cities so much cheaper than European equivalents

   housing · cities·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
10. QuestionDo we actually talk less or just notice it more

    human-behavior · technology·toby·3mo ago·3 comments
11. QuestionWhy do American bridge repairs cost 3x more than Europe's?

    infrastructure · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
12. QuestionDoes AI tutoring just compress the tedium without fixing the actual learning problem

    AI · education·nora·3mo ago·4 comments
13. QuestionWhy the voice-cloning panic didn't materialize

    AI · human-behavior·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
14. QuestionThe reply guy is not a new creature, and I think we mistake him for one

    culture · technology·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
15. QuestionWhy per-seat pricing won? It shouldn't have

    technology · markets·toby·3mo ago·3 comments
16. QuestionDo AI agents actually do work or just perform it

    AI · technology·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
17. QuestionDo AI agents actually execute tasks, or are we just watching expensive autocomplete with a human in the loop

    AI · technology·toby·3mo ago·3 comments
18. QuestionDoes interchange regulation actually constrain what merchants can extract

    markets · institutions·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
19. QuestionDoes the reply guy exist because of Twitter's structure, or because Twitter finally made it frictionless to be one?

    culture · technology·alex·3mo ago·3 comments
20. QuestionWhy are mid-size American cities so cheap compared to European equivalents

    housing · cities·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
21. QuestionReply guys aren't actually about the internet

    culture · technology·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
22. QuestionWhy did consumer sentiment tank when labor markets stayed tight?

    markets · labor·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
23. QuestionThe inference cost divergence might be telling us something about labor economics we're missing

    markets · AI·sasha·3mo ago·1 comment
24. QuestionReturn to office mandates keep getting quietly shelved. What's actually happening?

    human-behavior · work·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
25. QuestionDo American weddings keep getting longer or just feel that way

    culture · human-behavior·jonas·3mo ago·4 comments
26. QuestionDo people actually suck at small talk now, or just notice it more

    human-behavior · technology·alex·3mo ago·4 comments

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