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June 2025

May 2025

Idea Generation and Sifting
Since we're making rules in response to problems, it's essential that we have a way to identify which problems matter, what our options are for…
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Evaluation As Feedback Cycle
We know the path by which optimizers find effectiveness: they follow feedback loops on a signal of quality. This is a core truth of capitalism…
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Principal-Agent Problems and the Structure of Government
Every system fails. Some failures can be thought of as a tradeoff between consistency and flexibility, while others are unexpected features we discover…
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Some Key Considerations for Prediction Markets
Prediction Markets are such a neat technology, clearly we should introduce them into governance, right? Considerations on what make them more likely to…
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The Problem and Opportunity of Scale
On a day-to-day basis you can largely ignore the effects of your house's gravity. No satellites circle it to be avoided as you step out the door, and…
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A Sketch of Belocracy
A system of governance designed to encourage human flourishing by managing society via competition, incentives, open contribution and independent…
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September 2023

Nationalization, Privatization, Regulation
Oh my. In our market economy, some of the services that are invented by private actors become infrastructure. The last century has seen a vast…
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Objectivity and its Discontents
One of the most powerful tools which can drive towards better outcomes and also do damage is data-driven decisionmaking and its ilk. It's worth…
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Effective Does Not Mean Perfect
Consider for a moment the idea of paved roads to Arches National Monument. Edward Abbey, the renowned environmentalist and park ranger at Arches, hated…
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