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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under management management Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under racism racism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Institutions fail not because people are wicked, but because evidence, incentives, discretion, and review rights flow in the wrong direction. Institutions fail not because people arewicked, but because evidence, incentives,discretion, and review rights flow in thewrong direction. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trust in institutions has fallen because the institutions have been repeatedly and spectacularly wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Trust in institutions has fallenbecause the institutions have beenrepeatedly and spectacularly wrong. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot tell a failing institution from a healthy one by looking: the parts visible from outside are the parts that least reflect its actual health. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot tell a failinginstitution from a healthy one bylooking: the parts visible fromoutside are the parts that leastreflect its actual health. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Apr 2018 SB Samo Burja — holds since 2018-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Following one's conscience is no safe theory of governance, because private moral compasses err and disagree — tap to centre the map on it Following one's conscience is nosafe theory of governance, becauseprivate moral compasses err anddisagree Last stated 11 years ago 12 Oct 2015 KS Kathryn Schulz — holds since 2015-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: New ideas usually fail outright or require drastic changes before they can succeed. — tap to centre the map on it New ideas usually fail outright orrequire drastic changes before theycan succeed. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Aug 2024 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2024-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: If oversight fails to prevent abuse of vulnerable people in institutions like nursing homes, similar oversight is unlikely to prevent mistreatment of farm animals. — tap to centre the map on it If oversight fails to prevent abuseof vulnerable people in institutionslike nursing homes, similaroversight is unlikely to preventmistreatment of farm animals. Last stated 6 months ago 1 May 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human institutions are only superficial causes of misery compared with deeper causes — tap to centre the map on it Human institutions are onlysuperficial causes of miserycompared with deeper causes TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: When institutions can only offer compromised care they end up calling it best practice, and the patients who do not get better conclude that they themselves are beyond help. — tap to centre the map on it When institutions can only offercompromised care they end up callingit best practice, and the patientswho do not get better conclude thatthey themselves are beyond help. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: When institutional transformation keeps failing, leaders should start fresh with new entities rather than keep reforming the old ones. — tap to centre the map on it When institutional transformationkeeps failing, leaders should startfresh with new entities rather thankeep reforming the old ones. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief that cannot be acted on, or whose actions carry no personal stakes, is more likely to be held for social reasons than because it is true. — tap to centre the map on it A belief that cannot be acted on, orwhose actions carry no personalstakes, is more likely to be heldfor social reasons than because itis true. Last stated 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Real-world voters are often systematically ignorant, perform poorly when evaluating information, and sometimes hold deeply illiberal values. — tap to centre the map on it Real-world voters are oftensystematically ignorant, performpoorly when evaluating information,and sometimes hold deeply illiberalvalues. Last stated a month ago 4 Oct 2026 IS Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The brain is not a well-organized hierarchical control system but much more like anarchy with some elements of democracy — tap to centre the map on it The brain is not a well-organizedhierarchical control system but muchmore like anarchy with some elementsof democracy Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it A ballot law unfair to either raceinjures whites more lastingly thanBlack citizens BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: Changing Israeli policy toward Palestinians requires imposing costs on mainstream, not just settler, Israelis. — tap to centre the map on it Changing Israeli policy towardPalestinians requires imposing costson mainstream, not just settler,Israelis. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Countering the far right requires addressing voters' desire for an outsider identity, not just their economic grievances. — tap to centre the map on it Countering the far right requiresaddressing voters' desire for anoutsider identity, not just theireconomic grievances. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Sept 2026 AT Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a crisis, the actions taken depend on the ideas that are lying around — tap to centre the map on it In a crisis, the actions takendepend on the ideas that are lyingaround MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1982 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Institutions fail not because people are wicked, but because evidence, incentives, discretion, and review rights flow in the wrong direction. Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Rohit Krishnan Read this korrent →