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Beerfest (redux)
I recently read the book Think Twice by Michael Mauboussin. I recommend it. It is a good overview of the various biases that lead us to make poor decisions. There are a number of recurring themes that overlap with what we have written about...
Auric Goldfinger (redux)
One of the things we grapple with is the definition of bureaucracy. Sometimes when I speak with people about the topic, I hear a fervent defense of it, citing cherry-picked examples of efficient processes such as payment processing or inven...
Mr. Creosote (redux)
I came across an article in Scientific-American that struck a chord. It discusses inflammation.
‘Inflammation has two faces. It can be short-lived like the swelling after a twisted ankle or a two-day fever when you get a mild flu, both par...
A Beautiful Mind
Bureaucracy fails because it abstracts away the messiness of human nature. To make its model tractable, bureaucracy has to make itself practically useless for its stated objective of efficiency.
In the end, bureaucracy just makes everythin...
Prosperitas Americana (redux)
This is taken from a post on February 17, 2026 in Point Frederick, a daily Substack on financial markets.
There are different ways of making decisions as a group. Think of it as a spectrum.
At one end, you could have a single person alloc...
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