Human Systems and Behavior

From the paralysis of too many options to the strange power of ownership, discover the cognitive biases and emotional triggers that marketers exploit – and that shape every purchasing decision you make.

Examines how digital platforms follow a predictable three-stage decay lifecycle from user-centric value creation to shareholder extraction, using Google's internal DOJ memos as the primary evidentiary case.

A two-part forensic analysis of enshittification — the structural decay of digital platforms — tracing its mechanism, its institutional enablers, and the legal scaffolding that makes perpetual extraction possible.

Examines how digital platforms follow a predictable three-stage decay lifecycle from user-centric value creation to shareholder extraction, using Google's internal DOJ memos as the primary evidentiary case.

A historical and systems analysis of how institutional success can harden into a source of adaptive failure.

Embracing antifragility through optionality and the barbell strategy for survival in uncertainty.

How high-reliability organizations maintain vigilance against hidden threats.

How extreme rituals create unbreakable social bonds through shared suffering.