The Carrot and the Collapse
Scarcity does more than reduce resources. It changes the meaning of events, turning opportunities into lifelines and setbacks into verdicts.
Decision Making
Decision Making is rarely about choosing between obvious options. These essays examine how information, uncertainty, incentives, and cognitive limits quietly shape the decisions people believe they are making.
xiao long bao (小笼包)
A lunch that almost didn't happen reveals how uncertainty, memory, and cognitive load shape the decisions we think we're making.