Decision-Making and Bias

Examines closed-loop certification, post-market surveillance, real-driving emissions regulations, and outcome-based contracting as the structural fixes for MPDI — and what separates regulators that apply them from those that don't.

Applies Goodhart's Law as the social science statement of MPDI: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure — measurement gaming is the rational response to a compliance-incentive system.

Documents systematic real-world performance gaps in automotive WLTP, energy performance labels, nutritional content measurement, and academic research metrics — all exhibiting MPDI that the measurement apparatus cannot close.

Uses VW Dieselgate as the logical extreme of the Measurement-Performance Divergence Index trajectory, showing that the defeat device is simply the name for MPDI reaching 100%.

How the STEPPS algorithm enables systematic weaponization of social influence and automated behavioral control.

How the brain's narrating self prioritizes emotional stories over rational facts in political decision-making.

A three-part exploration of how language shapes political reality, from cognitive frames and narratives to the automated weaponization of social influence.

How cognitive frames and language construct political reality through unconscious neural structures.

The coming age of synthetic persuasion examines how AI and algorithms challenge human free will, blending biotechnology and information technology to potentially render humans irrelevant.

The ethics of nudging explores whether intentional design to improve welfare is acceptable, examining transparency, consent, and the balance between autonomy and beneficial influence.