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FDA (37) bureaucracy (17) Elon Musk (12) government regulation (5) legal system (3) regulatory policy (2)

Bureaucracy Isn't Measured In Bureaucrats

Scott explains why firing bureaucrats wouldn't reduce red tape, as bureaucratic delays come from legal requirements and mandates rather than staff numbers, using the FDA and other examples to illustrate his point.

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Jan 9, 2025 2,930 words 532 likes 621 comments Listen · 18 min Read Read
collective action problems (4) legal system (3) prison conditions (2) expert testimony (2)

Court-ing Disaster

The post critiques the medical malpractice legal system through a neurologist's account of a lawsuit, highlighting flaws in court procedures and expert testimony.

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Jun 23, 2014 1,571 words 0 likes 123 comments Read Read
cognitive bias (59) study (23) moral reasoning (6) scope insensitivity (4) legal system (3) punishment (2) jury decisions (2)

Scope insensitivity in juries

Scott highlights a study showing juries give harsher penalties for crimes affecting few people versus many, demonstrating the cognitive bias of scope insensitivity.

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Oct 2, 2010 32 words 13 likes 1 comments Read Read
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