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Economics

Only the Bad Cars Remain: The Market for Lemons

Why can good products disappear from a market where buyers cannot judge quality? This article covers Akerlof's 1970 paper, how adverse selection drives good goods out, examples bey

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Robotics

The Easy Things Are the Hardest: Moravec's Paradox

Why can computers beat chess champions yet struggle to pick up a cup? This article covers the origins of Moravec's paradox, its evolutionary explanation, examples from robotics, an

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Journalism & communication

News Staged for the Camera: The Pseudo-Event

A pseudo-event is an event planned and staged so that it will be reported and widely publicized, rather than one that happens on its own. This article covers the concept introduced

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Film & media

The Empty Object Everyone Chases: The MacGuffin

Why does a film stay gripping even when we never learn what is in the briefcase everyone is chasing? This article explains the MacGuffin, a story device that is vital to the charac

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Psychology

Same Words, Different Sound: The Framing Effect

The framing effect is a cognitive bias in which logically identical options lead to different choices depending on whether they are described as gains or losses. This article cover

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Library & information science

Principles and Criteria for Public Library Budget Preparation

This time, I would like to put together material on budgets in public libraries. Public library budget preparation is the process of developing, analyzing, and finalizing plans for