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Justice Creep
Scott Alexander examines the increasing use of 'justice' framing in social and environmental issues, exploring its implications and potential societal impact.
8 min read 1,215 words
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Essays on framing
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Framing For Light Instead Of Heat
Scott Alexander argues that framing issues like racial bias in the justice system as 'racism' can be counterproductive, and suggests more precise terminology to focus on actual problems and solutions.
18 min read 2,737 words
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Prospect Theory: A Framework for Understanding Cognitive Biases
Scott explains prospect theory, Kahneman and Tversky's model of how people actually make decisions, showing how its value and probability weighting functions predict numerous cognitive biases including loss aversion, scope insensitivity, and framing effects.
8 min read 1,202 words
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When Truth Isn't Enough
Scott distinguishes between a statement's denotation (factual content) and connotation (emotional implications), showing how technically true statements can mislead through subtext, and proposes ADBOC as a response technique.
7 min read 1,034 words