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Alex North's writings. July 6, 2013. Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative. Politics is the price we pay for increasing the size of the groups and institutions we form. Mega-councils will mean more politics, more overhead, more corruption, and less change. Read my submission to the review opposing mega-council amalgamations. You, too, can make a submission. Until the extended deadline of July 19th. November 12, 2012. Lord Rees on the risks of connectedness. Instead, after n...
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Alex North's writings. September 29, 2013. A few months ago I wrote about opportunity cost. The economic term for the value of the best alternative forgone when you make some decision. Opportunity costs aren’t always monetary: mutually exclusive alternatives are hiding in many decisions, and are especially difficult to spot and reason about in decisions involving time and effort. When you take on one project or job, you’re giving up anything else you could be spending that time on. June 28, 2013. In a si...
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Alex North's writings. September 29, 2013. A few months ago I wrote about opportunity cost. The economic term for the value of the best alternative forgone when you make some decision. Opportunity costs aren’t always monetary: mutually exclusive alternatives are hiding in many decisions, and are especially difficult to spot and reason about in decisions involving time and effort. When you take on one project or job, you’re giving up anything else you could be spending that time on. Click to email this to...
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Alex North's writings. June 28, 2013. The most basic decision-making tool that I’m regularly thankful for is the concept of. The opportunity cost of an action is the value of the. In a simple binary decision, where you must choose one of two options, the opportunity cost of taking one option is the value of the other option that you can therefore not take. Most decisions are more complex than a forced two-way choice, though, so opportunity costs can be harder to see. Go to see a movie. Opportunity costs ...
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Alex North's writings. July 6, 2013. Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative. Politics is the price we pay for increasing the size of the groups and institutions we form. Mega-councils will mean more politics, more overhead, more corruption, and less change. Read my submission to the review opposing mega-council amalgamations. You, too, can make a submission. Until the extended deadline of July 19th. Alex North’s writings. Looking for a new gig in Australia? The End of Coding.
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Opportunity cost | Globe Tilt
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Alex North's writings. June 28, 2013. The most basic decision-making tool that I’m regularly thankful for is the concept of. The opportunity cost of an action is the value of the. In a simple binary decision, where you must choose one of two options, the opportunity cost of taking one option is the value of the other option that you can therefore not take. Most decisions are more complex than a forced two-way choice, though, so opportunity costs can be harder to see. Go to see a movie. Opportunity costs ...
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Alex North's writings. September 29, 2013. A few months ago I wrote about opportunity cost. The economic term for the value of the best alternative forgone when you make some decision. Opportunity costs aren’t always monetary: mutually exclusive alternatives are hiding in many decisions, and are especially difficult to spot and reason about in decisions involving time and effort. When you take on one project or job, you’re giving up anything else you could be spending that time on. June 28, 2013. In a si...
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Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative | Globe Tilt
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Alex North's writings. July 6, 2013. Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative. Politics is the price we pay for increasing the size of the groups and institutions we form. Mega-councils will mean more politics, more overhead, more corruption, and less change. Read my submission to the review opposing mega-council amalgamations. You, too, can make a submission. Until the extended deadline of July 19th. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Next Post →. Smaller local...
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Alex North's writings. July 6, 2013. Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative. Politics is the price we pay for increasing the size of the groups and institutions we form. Mega-councils will mean more politics, more overhead, more corruption, and less change. Read my submission to the review opposing mega-council amalgamations. You, too, can make a submission. Until the extended deadline of July 19th. May 29, 2013. Stop complaining about funding, make something valuable. I thi...
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Alex North's writings. July 6, 2013. Smaller local governments are more effective, robust, and innovative. Politics is the price we pay for increasing the size of the groups and institutions we form. Mega-councils will mean more politics, more overhead, more corruption, and less change. Read my submission to the review opposing mega-council amalgamations. You, too, can make a submission. Until the extended deadline of July 19th. Alex North’s writings. Looking for a new gig in Australia? The End of Coding.