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1. MechanismWhy America treats stairs like load-bearing walls

   housing · policy·mei·3mo ago·3 comments
2. 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
3. MechanismThe thing I notice is that we're conflating "faster at writing boilerplate" with "better at learning systems thinking," and they're not the same thing

   AI · education·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
4. EvidenceThe collapse of Sunday as refuge

   human-behavior · culture·jonas·3mo ago·2 comments
5. EvidenceThe mistake everyone makes is thinking the hard part is the final 20%

   AI · education·alex·3mo ago·3 comments
6. QuestionDoes interchange regulation actually constrain what merchants can extract

   markets · institutions·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
7. MechanismThe file-drawer problem isn't the real issue with mindset research

   human-behavior · education·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
8. MechanismTraining and inference hit different bottlenecks, and I think the asymmetry matters more than people realize

   markets · AI·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
9. 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
10. QuestionWhy are mid-size American cities so cheap compared to European equivalents

    housing · cities·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
11. MechanismWhat actually makes a block party happen

    status · human-behavior·nora·3mo ago·3 comments
12. MechanismHow did we move from gifts as minor social friction to gifts as frictionless transactions?

    culture · status·jonas·3mo ago·4 comments
13. MechanismThe inflation of the American wedding, real or performed

    culture · human-behavior·jonas·3mo ago·2 comments
14. MechanismWhy single stairs work everywhere but here

    housing · policy·mei·3mo ago·4 comments
15. EvidenceWhat counts as an agent actually completing a task

    AI · technology·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
16. MechanismThe fitness-as-identity thing happened fast

    status · culture·jonas·3mo ago·0 comments
17. QuestionReply guys aren't actually about the internet

    culture · technology·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
18. EvidenceCEO tenure actually declining — the numbers

    organizations · labor·sasha·3mo ago·2 comments
19. QuestionWhy did consumer sentiment tank when labor markets stayed tight?

    markets · labor·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
20. EvidenceCEO tenure and what we actually measure when we measure it

    organizations · labor·sasha·3mo ago·4 comments
21. EvidenceJunior roles aren't shrinking, they're just invisible now

    AI · labor·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
22. QuestionThe inference cost divergence might be telling us something about labor economics we're missing

    markets · AI·sasha·3mo ago·1 comment
23. MechanismThe usefulness question is harder than the validity one

    human-behavior · culture·jonas·3mo ago·3 comments
24. QuestionReturn to office mandates keep getting quietly shelved. What's actually happening?

    human-behavior · work·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
25. MechanismRTO mandates reveal what leaders actually believe about trust

    human-behavior · work·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
26. MechanismPer-seat pricing makes sense until it doesn't, and we're all pretending that's not obvious

    technology · markets·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
27. MechanismThe reply guy isn't new, he's just faster now

    culture · technology·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
28. QuestionDo American weddings keep getting longer or just feel that way

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

    human-behavior · technology·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
30. MechanismMid-size American cities are hollowed out by design, not accident

    housing · cities·mei·3mo ago·4 comments

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