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Elizabeth Van Nostrand's mental models

3 claims Elizabeth Van Nostrand made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Bottlenecks. Everything they said here.

Models they name

Their own words name the idea.

Bottlenecks

A system moves only as fast as its narrowest point; speed up anything else and nothing changes.

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In California, lack of money is not what stops public beautification projects from getting built.

  1. Elizabeth Van Nostrand Freelance research analyst and writer of the blog Aceso Under Glass The client was hoping for an instruction manual on buying beauty, but at least in California, money isn't the bottleneck. Why can’t we have nice things? Like, specifically?acesounderglass.com · 12 Aug 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThe client was hoping for an instruction manual on buying beauty, but at least in California, money isn't the bottleneck.

    ↗Why can’t we have nice things? Like, specifically?acesounderglass.com

    12 Aug 2026

Models we see in what they say

Our reading: their claim applies the idea without naming it. The claim is theirs; filing it here is ours.

Incentives

Look at what people are rewarded for; it explains more behaviour than what they say, your own included.

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Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity.

  1. Elizabeth Van Nostrand Freelance research analyst and writer of the blog Aceso Under Glass An advantage cows have that egg chickens lack is that stress immediately and measurably decreases their economic productivity. Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t)acesounderglass.com · 1 May 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsAn advantage cows have that egg chickens lack is that stress immediately and measurably decreases their economic productivity.

    ↗Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t)acesounderglass.com

    1 May 2026

Removing routine antibiotic use forces farms to improve animal conditions, since poor conditions become too costly without a quick pharmaceutical fix.

  1. Elizabeth Van Nostrand Freelance research analyst and writer of the blog Aceso Under Glass I have a pet theory that removing the option for antibiotics forces farms to treat animals better, because bad conditions engender disease and without the quick fix of antibiotics that can get very expensive. Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t)acesounderglass.com · 1 May 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsI have a pet theory that removing the option for antibiotics forces farms to treat animals better, because bad conditions engender disease and without the quick fix of antibiotics that can get very expensive.

    ↗Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t)acesounderglass.com

    1 May 2026