great and funny example of how incentives shape behavior https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1045215162431549440
https://twitter.com/devonzuegel/status/976967303270051840?s=21
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/959111294505836544?s=21
https://twitter.com/miketaylor/status/832973591847202816?s=21
5. https://twitter.com/webdevmason/status/1040030317921226752?s=21
6. https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1088805127992025089?s=21
7. dings for incomplete listens -> songs get shorter https://twitter.com/zhayitong/status/1105658809077252096
8. phone calls in prison https://twitter.com/ClintSmithIII/status/1112768189606313984
9. google products https://twitter.com/mainframed767/status/1113989617529774080
10. vultures avoid Portugal because Portuguese laws for dead animal disposal means there's not much to eat there https://twitter.com/TurbanMinor/status/1113352919301218304
11. 50% of women in Vanjarwadi get hysterectomies, seemingly because it makes them more competitive as laborers cutting sugar-cane https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/why-half-the-women-in-maharashtras-beed-district-have-no-wombs/article26773974.ece
Why many women in Maharashtra’s Beed district have no wombs

Cane-cutting contractors are unwilling to hire women who menstruate, so hysterectomies have become the norm

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/why-half-the-women-in-maharashtras-beed-district-have-no-wombs/article26773974.ece
12. kids in Turkey skip school to pick hazelnuts

(if you think about it, both 11 and 12 are incentivized by global demand for sugar) https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1113004951070945280
13. As @CantHardyWait says, any metric that can be gamed, will be gamed https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina/status/1128201958962032641?s=21
14. why are there so many boxy cars in japan? tax and insurance benefits https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1173867776433221632
15. mysterious increase in twins following the one child policy https://twitter.com/page_eco/status/1184819875270651905
16. to go up the exclusivity ranks, colleges optimise to maximise rejections https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1191963073487233025?s=21
17. when you need to get your deportation numbers up https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1199741929795141632?s=21 https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1199741929795141632
18. Perverse incentives in war https://twitter.com/nickkristof/status/1204167750396108800?s=21 https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1204167750396108800
19. drug seizure https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1220480907393372160
20. when indoor dining is not allowed, I guess? https://twitter.com/jameshamblin/status/1330628349937541124
21. đź‘€ https://twitter.com/independent/status/1352518301272993792
22. how regulations meant to reduce carbon emissions led to larger vehicles https://twitter.com/artpi/status/1223724234071072775
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