Making jury selection more efficient
People don't resent being able to participate in the democratic process through jury service; they resent the fact that the court shows no respect for their »
Increase term of health insurance policies
Unfortunately incentives in American healthcare for insurance companies and providers are often misaligned. For example, when a physician wants to offer a patient preventive treatments, insurance »
Displaying wait times
I wish more restaurants would show how long you should expect to wait for your food to be ready. In addition to improving the customer experience, »
Adversity tourism
People are surprisingly willing to pay for experiences that make them uncomfortable. For example, they pay to go backpacking and they pay to participate in Tough »
Bitcoin mining and energy arbitrage
Bitcoin mining entails performing expensive computations to verify the legitimacy of Bitcoin transactions. Miners do this hoping that some of their calculations will meet the criteria »
Switch to universal time
Daylight savings time was originally devised to save electricity. But, its current effectiveness is heavily disputed and it's known to negatively affect public safety, health, and »
Why don't we have the day off on election day?
If we cared about increasing voter turnout, we would make election day a holiday, to increase the probability that people would vote. But unfortunately, more resources »
Toki Pona
Toki Pona is the world's smallest language. With barely over 100 words, command of the language demands simplicity of thought and explanation. For Sonja Lang, Toki »
What are tails for?
Tails enable expressive non-verbal communication and can help animals stay clean by keeping flies away, but these uses don't feel like good enough reasons for natural »
Delayed Twitter hashtag streams
Following hashtags on Twitter is a great way to participate in real-time discussions of current events. But, what if you can't watch a playoff game or »