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45. Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less — Not More

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Ankle Monitors - A Perfect Case for Subtraction

People can cut through any ankle moneter, but very few people actually are doing that in practice. Theres not really a big desire of people to take these off, because weve set the incentives such that you don't want to take them off. There's a much simpler, subtractive solution, which is a little device like an apple watch - it won't interfere with your life or your jobs. It also potentially opens up all sorts of possibilities, where it can move from a shackle with some primitive, stigmatizing monstrosity to rather enabling and social services. After this break, they'll return to talk about what to do about our bias against subtraction.

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