Thoughts of The Week #62 (24 May 2020)
This week’s newsletter talks about iteration, mimicry, common knowledge, and anecdotes.
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Thoughts of The Week #61 (10 May 2020)
This week's newsletter talks about causality, barriers to exit, status signaling, the marginal supplier and the marginal buyer.
Wittgenstein’s Ruler
The more free parameters in a study, the less you know what the study is measuring.
Circuit Breakers (extended)
Circuit breakers are alternative regulations which kick-in automatically during emergencies such as pandemics, allowing for a fast decentralized response.
Thoughts of The Week #60 (19 Apr 2020)
This week's newsletter talks about rationalizing the bottom-up, change, conspicuosity, functions and risk management.
Thoughts of The Week #59 (29 Mar 2020)
This week's newsletter talks about localism, PPEs, tradition, regressions and asymmetries.
Mimetic societies
In cargocultocracies, hierarchies are defined by one’s ability to perform rituals. Because of the above, cargocultocracies label themselves as meritocracies.
Thoughts of The Week #58 (22 Mar 2020)
This week's newsletter talks about forecasting, overreaction, opportunities, waiting, and legibility.
What your country can learn from Italy on coronavirus
Learning points from how Italy reacted to the coronavirus pandemic.
Here is how your country can prepare.
Mortality rate: we can change it
Coronavirus mortality is not a number set in stone. We can influence it. Here is how.