Trying to figure out why things work. Mixed results.
Dan Bond writes about the decisions, systems, and incentives that shape why things succeed or fail. Marketing, behavioural psychology, architecture, housing policy, and whatever else is interesting.
In 1938, stepping aboard the Flying Scotsman felt like entering a gentleman’s club that travelled at 100mph. Mahogany panelling gleamed under brass fittings. White-jacketed stewards…