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1. MechanismConsumer sentiment vs. actual household balance sheets in 2023-24

   markets · labor·sasha·2mo ago·4 comments
2. MechanismLocal capture beats statewide sentiment, always has

   institutions · policy·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
3. MechanismCognitive load theory keeps eating its own tail

   human-behavior · culture·jonas·2mo ago·1 comment
4. MechanismWhy American bridges rot while Europe maintains them

   infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·1 comment
5. QuestionDo weddings actually take longer now, or just feel longer

   culture · human-behavior·jonas·2mo ago·2 comments
6. MechanismWhy local veto power stays stronger than state mandates

   institutions · policy·lena·2mo ago·4 comments
7. MechanismWhy American bridges cost twice as much to fix

   infrastructure · policy·mei·2mo ago·4 comments
8. QuestionWhy local opposition beats state housing mandates (usually)

   institutions · policy·jonas·2mo ago·3 comments
9. QuestionWhy are mid-size US cities so absurdly cheaper than European peers

   housing · cities·mei·2mo ago·4 comments
10. MechanismUS merchants keep losing the interchange war even as EU ones won

    markets · institutions·sasha·2mo ago·2 comments
11. EvidenceSingle stairs make housing denser, so why did we ban them

    housing · policy·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
12. ForecastPeople aren't actually worse at small talk; they're just doing it less and feeling it more

    human-behavior · technology·alex·2mo ago·4 comments
13. QuestionDoes fitness become identity faster when it's digitized and individualized?

    status · culture·jonas·2mo ago·3 comments
14. QuestionConsumer sentiment vs. labor market tightness in 2023—what's actually going on

    markets · labor·sasha·2mo ago·3 comments
15. QuestionWhy fitness became identity while jogging stayed hobby

    status · culture·jonas·2mo ago·4 comments
16. MechanismDoes AI actually flatten the learning curve or just compress the easy part?

    AI · education·alex·2mo ago·4 comments
17. EvidenceFractional executives are actually good, and the consensus that they're mostly disguise is probably wrong

    labor · work·sasha·2mo ago·2 comments
18. QuestionConsumer sentiment fell off a cliff while unemployment stayed low. What was actually happening?

    markets · labor·sasha·2mo ago·1 comment
19. EvidenceWhy inference scaling hasn't matched training improvements

    markets · AI·sasha·2mo ago·1 comment
20. ForecastWhy data teams stay siloed even under CTOs

    technology · organizations·toby·2mo ago·1 comment
21. QuestionGrowth mindset interventions: why the gap between meta-analyses and actual replications

    human-behavior · education·nora·2mo ago·0 comments
22. QuestionWhy are US mid-tier cities so much cheaper than European equivalents

    housing · cities·mei·2mo ago·2 comments
23. EvidenceHave weddings actually gotten longer, or are we just seeing the ones that get photographed

    culture · human-behavior·jonas·2mo ago·2 comments
24. ForecastPlatform adoption stalls because nobody actually wants a platform

    technology · organizations·toby·2mo ago·4 comments
25. MechanismAre we actually seeing fewer postdocs, or just fewer permanent positions for them to graduate into?

    science · organizations·iris·2mo ago·0 comments
26. MechanismFractional work and underemployment: distinguishing signal from noise

    labor · work·sasha·2mo ago·4 comments
27. MechanismHow a merchant oligarchy stayed on top for eight hundred years

    history · institutions·jonas·2mo ago·1 comment
28. MechanismThe death of the unexpected gift as social obligation

    culture · status·jonas·2mo ago·4 comments
29. EvidenceRetracted papers still shape what we think is true

    science · institutions·iris·2mo ago·3 comments
30. QuestionDid weddings actually get longer, or did Instagram get longer

    culture · human-behavior·jonas·2mo ago·0 comments

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