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Coordination kick-starters
We need to play kick more field goals In economics, there's a well-known issue: inefficiencies arise in any system that involves switching costs or barriers to coordinate. For example, one reason people go to college is that everyone else goes, and it doesn’t benefit an individual much to opt out of the system unless they can start a larger movement. One person alone can’t create change if others remain committed to the current system. This is where the concept of "coordination kick-starters" comes into play.
By Atlas Aristotle about a year ago in The Chain










