Economics
Goodhart’s law has a quieter, worse cousin
Mara Okonkwo
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Psychology
Prospect theory in one sentence: losses are steeper than gains
Jonas Brandt
Standard economic models assume people evaluate outcomes by final wealth. Kahneman and Tversky showed they evaluate changes from a reference point, and that the curve is…
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Memory is not storage. It is reconstruction with a good publicist.
Tobias Lind
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Leadership
Most "alignment problems" are just unshared information
Mara Okonkwo
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Design
Every interface makes an argument about how you should spend your life
Nadia Farouk
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Society
The strongest argument for free speech is not about the speaker
Iris Tanaka
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Startups
Contratar antes de ter distribuição é a forma mais educada de quebrar
Renata Vidal
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Emma
Jane Austen
Emma
Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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