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The Bathhouse Queue Mystery: When a Bottleneck Moves
Three hypotheses and a manager interview explain why an outdoor queue disappeared while the bathhouse remained crowded.
The Bearing Wall and the Flowers: Leadership and Invisible Labor in an Online Community
An anonymized case study of leadership, coordination, incentives, and invisible labor in a large online community.
Listening Underwater: A Small Experiment in Swimming Design
A constraint-driven self-experiment with bone-conduction headphones, offline playback, and four swimming postures.
Understanding
Curiosity-driven explorations of complex systems in research, online communities, and everyday life.