Utility Maximizer's guide to replicators, networks, game theory, and civilization
Dates and Keyboards Have you ever wondered why clocks are seemingly base 12? Or why we use the Imperial system over the metric system? Or why we know degrees instead of radians? These are harmless, but here are some things that are not. The Gregorian calendar is bad. The QWERTY keyboard (which I’m using right … Continue reading Path-Dependence and Bottlenecks
Of the two greatest sources of knowledge for how society should function, the first is tradition. After all, if a norm has has been practiced for countless generations, doesn’t that count for something? The modern man may scoff at this. Why should we defer to the way people have done things in the past? Tradition … Continue reading Irreversible Fads vs The Precautionary Principle
A zip tie starts in an opened position. Then you connect the two ends. A zip tie can always tighten; it will never loosen. If you want a zip tie to be loose, you will have to take special care to ensure that it never tightens. You can not fix the situation after it tightens. … Continue reading Zip Ties and Ear Plugs
Epiphany a Week 