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No Conspiracy Required: How Incentives Stack

Core idea: the Matrix doesn't need anyone to run it. Ordinary incentives, stacked together, do the work.

The Economic Matrix & the Economics of LifeAbout 15 minutes

The Lesson

When people first see the Matrix, the natural reaction is: someone must be behind this. That's the wrong conclusion, and it's a trap. Conspiracy thinking makes people angry and helpless at the same time, and it keeps them from changing anything.

The truth is simpler, and more powerful. Each part of the system follows its own incentive:

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