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Information technology

Many Eyes Make Bugs Visible: Linus’s Law

Linus’s Law says that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. This piece covers its origin in Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar, why many eyes help find bugs, the li

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Economics

Too Invested to Quit: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Why do we sit through a dull movie just because we paid for the ticket? This guide explains sunk costs, the bygones principle, why people fall into the sunk cost fallacy, classic e

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Psychology

I Knew It All Along: Hindsight Bias

Hindsight bias is the mental habit of believing, after something has happened, that we could have predicted the outcome from the start. We look at the experiments that first confir

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Business administration

The More of Us, the Less Each Tries: The Ringelmann Effect

Why does each person pull less hard when more people join in? This article covers Ringelmann's rope experiments, the two causes of lost performance, everyday and workplace examples

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Information technology

Just Keep the Key Secret: Kerckhoffs's Principle

Kerckhoffs's Principle holds that a cryptographic system should stay secure even if everything except the key is known. This piece covers Auguste Kerckhoffs's 1883 “La Cryptographi

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General knowledge

Know the Reason Before You Tear It Down: Chesterton’s Fence

Chesterton’s Fence is the principle that you shouldn’t remove a rule or custom until you understand why it exists. This piece covers its origin in G. K. Chesterton’s 1929 essay, th