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150 people run the world, supposedly
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya spoke with unusual frankness to the “leaders of the future” at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
May 4, 2023
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Criticism of Rory Sutherland's comments about capitalism
If he's stepping out beyond advertising, there's a question to be answered. Update: 24 Feb 2025: Sutherland is now addressing inequality etc - scroll…
Sep 6, 2023
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Reasons why people on lower-incomes vote for Nigel Farage / Reform
The Reform company has made gains in the UK local elections. Which is prompting disappointed progressive-types to ask “Why are people voting for…
May 8
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Flooding the zone
When people are overwhelmed by nonsense and conflicting opinions, democracy cannot function properly which can be useful for some politicians, and rival…
May 3, 2023
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Neoliberal deceit
If every politician is lying to you, the guy that doesn't pretend to care about the truth looks (like a version of) honest.
Nov 18, 2024
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Political lobbying exploits bounded rationality
Why aren't more of us concerned about paid lobbying in politics? Perhaps because many of us won't consider the outsized efforts undertaken to sway…
Oct 18, 2024
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Inefficiency is necessary for progress
Failures happen when we take risks, and slack aids recovery.
Jul 18, 2023
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The Gervais Principle
A humorous, and deadly serious, insight into how some organisations operate.
Jul 26, 2023
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Thought-terminating cliché
A form of loaded language that can be used to stop arguments from proceeding and end debate.
Sep 13, 2023
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Cultural dementia
Prof. Andress explains why we love simple solutions to complicated problems.
Oct 13, 2025
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The double slit experiment and the limits of intuition
A reminder that pre-existing beliefs and prejudices are often inaccurate and insufficient.
Jan 22, 2024
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Courage calls to courage everywhere
I like the modern interpretation of this famous quote.
Sep 25, 2023
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