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How Piecemeal Change Can Make Things Worse

Incremental improvements in a chain-linked system reduces overall performance

One consequence of chain-link logic is quality matching. Quality matching means that the most economical approach is to balance the qualities of the chain-linked factors. That is, the presence of low quality factors reduces the incentive to invest in improving Full entry→

Bouldering and Focus

Boulder climbers trigger an insight about the gains to focus

Thinking about the class on General Motors, I drive a few kilometers north and go for a walk. The Fontainebleau forest is old and deep, the hunting ground of French kings for 500 years. Perhaps a hundred square miles in Full entry→