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Why Economic Logic Fails in Real Life — and What Works Instead
The longer I’ve been a parent, scholar, and human being, the less faith I have in the neat, clean economic logic I once believed in. Those tidy models—pick only the “best” people, copy best practices, dial up the traits that matter—work on paper, but they often fall apart when you’re dealing with real people.
In reality, human progress looks a lot less like optimization and a lot more like kindergarten teaching, therapy, and palliative care. It’s not about maximizing widgets or chasing the biggest metrics—it’s about building trust, caring without expecting a return, and being there when…
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