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Radley Balko's mental models

2 claims Radley Balko made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

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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A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.

  1. Radley Balko Investigative journalist writing on policing The old system stubbornly defied reform because it served the people in power. The framing of Chris Duncanradleybalko.substack.com · 1 Sept 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThe old system stubbornly defied reform because it served the people in power.

    ↗The framing of Chris Duncanradleybalko.substack.com

    1 Sept 2026

Second-order thinking

Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.

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A confession stops the investigation that would have cleared the innocent person who gave it.

  1. Radley Balko Investigative journalist writing on policing A confession, though, will sometimes preclude police from doing the very sort of investigation that would prove the confessor’s innocence. Why would ChatGPT "confess" to a crime it didn't commit?radleybalko.substack.com · 24 Apr 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsA confession, though, will sometimes preclude police from doing the very sort of investigation that would prove the confessor’s innocence.

    ↗Why would ChatGPT "confess" to a crime it didn't commit?radleybalko.substack.com

    24 Apr 2026