Some policies seem like low-hanging fruit to benefit the US and its people, yet don’t get implemented. Why? It’s probably a combination of:
• political wars that pull things back and forth instead of moving forward
• voter confusion
• voters prioritizing other topics
• collective action problems
• they’re blocked by the few who are made worse off by them
• they are bad ideas, I’m wrong about them, or people’s values around them differ too much
Regardless of the reason, here...
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50 “Laws” of Everything
Parkinson's Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
Gates' Law: Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
Goodhart's Law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity (or, ...
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