Give Collective Intelligence a Chance to Fail
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Read full noteEssais sur les institutions.
Le pouvoir, la confiance, l’intelligence collective et la manière dont les institutions apprennent.
Read three complete website notes and three submission outlines. Selected book topics appear only as brief previews; the trust essay remains under substantial revision.
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3 website notes · 3 outlines · 12 topic previews · English / 中文
Ideas Without Owners, Contributions With a Record
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Read full noteFrom Something Feels Wrong to an Institutional Essay
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Read full noteWhat Makes an Institution Worthy of Trust?
Full text withdrawn on 9 October 2026 at the author’s request.
Revision status →Who Controls Correction?
Who appoints, funds, and can replace the people who verify power?
Read outline →Uniforms, Killing, and the Authorization of War
A public narrative of honor does not settle the question of authorization.
Read outline →The Queue: Trust Placed in Rules
An everyday scene opens a question about institutions, privilege, and strangers.
Read outline →Book topics · brief previews
Selected from the supplied anthology catalog. Working titles and research questions only; no complete book manuscripts are included. A listing does not mean a manuscript is finished. Publication arrangements remain undecided.
Why Do Major Projects Run Over Budget?
How can honest forecasting error be distinguished from strategic understatement? Follow incentives from approval through procurement and additional funding.
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When the Rule Becomes the Goal
How do metrics change behavior? Compare measured performance with the underlying goal, including the costs of removing the metric.
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The Dark Side of Transparency
When does disclosure enable accountability, and when does it encourage performance, privacy loss, or conformity? Distinguish subject, timing, and access.
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The Illusion of Choice
Do many options imply meaningful power? Examine defaults, exit costs, and agenda setting.
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The Prophet Paradox
How can an unproven dissent receive a fair test without turning a correct prediction into lifelong authority?
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Why Can a Company Resemble a Small Autocracy?
How can managerial effectiveness coexist with employee challenge? Examine the limits of exit, ownership, and internal checks.
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Do Patents Protect Innovation or Restrict Shared Knowledge?
Compare exclusivity, open licensing, and other research incentives; allow industry differences and evidence to determine the conclusion.
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What Are Health Systems Optimizing?
Compare health outcomes, access, cost, and risk sharing; examine whether outcome-based payment encourages patient selection.
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The Fragility of Single Points
What fails when a key person leaves? Compare redundancy costs, succession capacity, and common-cause failure.
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Who Can Change the Rules?
Distinguish final case decisions, policy review, and structural change; examine how to prevent permanent lock-in without endless disputes.
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Under What Conditions Does Democracy Polarize?
Test competing explanations involving electoral rules, media incentives, and social divisions, without assuming polarization is inevitable.
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The Invisible Government in the Interface
How do buttons, rankings, and defaults allocate opportunities to act? Ask who can challenge and change them.
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La collection
Rubriques prévues · Essais en attente de révision éditoriale
01Qui a l’autorité d’imposer des conséquences ?Outline available
La charge de justification, la participation des personnes affectées et les limites de l’autorisation de la guerre.
02Qui peut découvrir la bonne réponse ?Section prévue · aucun essai publié
Preuves portées par une minorité, intelligence collective et expériences permettant de réfuter la supériorité supposée du groupe.
Aucune date de publication fixée ; textes et sources à relire.
03Qui doit exercer le pouvoir, et comment doit-il le quitter ?Outline available
Leadership, contribution, succession et principe selon lequel aucun fondateur ne dispose d’un veto permanent.
04Comment les institutions apprennent-elles ?Under substantial revision
Incitations à découvrir les erreurs, examen indépendant, portée des corrections et coûts de réouverture des décisions.
05Vers où la civilisation pourrait-elle aller ?Full essay available
Futurs institutionnels possibles, intelligence artificielle et limites des affirmations sur un progrès inévitable.
06Un atlas des absurdités institutionnellesFull essay available
Des cas quotidiens analysés à travers les incitations, les bénéficiaires, la visibilité des défaillances et les changements testables.
Ideas Without Owners, Contributions With a Record
2026-10-09 · Added three complete website notes and twelve brief topic previews; retained three submission outlines and the trust revision notice.
Historique des révisions
· Ouverture de la collection avec un plan en six parties et un lien vers le document de travail existant. Les essais seront ajoutés après révision.
Les idées n’appartiennent à personne. Les contributions restent traçables.