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#3130: How to Fight Better: The Science of Healthy Conflict
The first 3 minutes of a fight predict divorce with 90% accuracy. Here’s what to do about it.
#3129: Holden Caulfield vs. the War Briefing
What Salinger’s phoniness detector reveals about how the war with Iran is being reported.
#3128: The Real Job of a Policy Wonk
What does a policy wonk actually do? It's not just a put-down — it's a real, high-impact job.
#3127: Crafting AI Characters That Feel Alive
Move beyond system prompts with structured character bibles that give AI personalities real inner lives.
#3126: How Flat Hierarchy Actually Works (No, It’s Not No Managers)
Flat hierarchy isn’t no managers—it’s fewer gates between insight and action. But hidden hierarchies survive every reorg.
#3125: When Democracy Requires Door-Knocking
Why Irish politicians knock on doors while Israeli MKs don't — and what Canada, Japan, and Taiwan do instead.
#3124: Immigrant Strategies: Enclave vs. Full Immersion
Do enclave builders or full immersionists report higher satisfaction? The data reveals a surprising tradeoff.
#3123: What Research Says About Healthy Families
Beyond the greeting-card version—what the data actually says about what makes families work.
#3122: When Trust Collapses: Chile, Lebanon, South Korea
Three countries, three outcomes when citizens lost faith in their entire political class.
#3121: Can You Benchmark Government Value for Money?
A century of attempts to measure whether citizens get a good deal on taxes — and why none have fully worked.