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In a huge bag of chips, each individual chip isn’t worth as much as if there’s only a few. On a long vacation, each day might…

The site gives movies two scores on a scale from 1 to 100: One is from critics, and the other is from typical viewers who are…

Effort and value | Seth’s Blog We expend effort. We create value. It’s easy to get confused about which one we’re going to ultimately be compensated…

Wild animals forage. They spend calories and take risks to acquire food. If the required work and risk expended are more than the food they acquire,…

Little kids get confused about this… just add a few more to a very big number, and you have infinity. Actually, infinity is a feeling and…

…but it’s often overlooked. A farmer might yearn for twice as much land. But it’s far more efficient to double the yield on the land he…

Expectations | Seth’s Blog We might deserve something. We might be entitled to it. But expectations are a story we tell ourselves, and that story is…

I asked my AI about some obsolete card games, and it wrote a 1,000 word essay about Lansquenet. It made up the rules, the strategies, the…

Workers have rarely gotten the long end of the stick. The seduction of “do what you’re told and you’ll win valuable prizes” often doesn’t hold up…

It’s thrilling when someone reads our minds. Sometimes we call it hospitality, or smart user interface design. Sometimes, it simply feels like being seen. The person…