03 / OBSERVE
The world is full
of explanations to test.
Start with something concrete. Follow the evidence to its mechanism—and pay attention to the conditions that make the explanation work.
Emergence · 4 min
A traffic jam. No bottleneck.
Twenty-two cars, a circular road, and an invisible wave traveling backward.
Read the story →Feedback & delay · 5 min
The orders already on their way
Why an empty shelf is only part of the inventory story.
Read the story →Boundaries & power · 5 min
Whose system are we improving?
The most consequential choice may happen before the first diagram.
Read the story →Rules & cooperation · 4 min
The commons people learned to govern
Shared resources have more than one possible future.
Read the story →Networks · 4 min
The connections that carry failure
Why more connectivity can help in one situation and hurt in another.
Read the story →Technology & AI · 5 min
When predictions change their world
A model’s output can become part of its next input.
Read the story →