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      "url": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/feedback-loops-in-social-media/",
      "title": "The engagement trap: why social platforms can't self-correct",
      "summary": "Social media platforms are locked in a structural feedback loop that makes meaningful reform nearly impossible without external forcing functions.",
      "date_published": "2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
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        "feedback loops",
        "reinforcing loops",
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      "id": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/dark-pattern-anatomy/",
      "url": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/dark-pattern-anatomy/",
      "title": "Anatomy of a cancellation flow: how friction becomes revenue",
      "summary": "Breaking down the 7-step cancellation flow that turns user intent into retained subscriptions.",
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        "local vs global optimization",
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      "id": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/stripe-pricing-table/",
      "url": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/stripe-pricing-table/",
      "title": "Stripe's pricing page is a masterclass in reducing decision friction",
      "summary": "How Stripe collapses a complex product matrix into a page that makes the 'right' choice feel obvious.",
      "date_published": "2024-07-18T00:00:00.000Z",
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      "id": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/openai-enterprise-moat/",
      "url": "https://hathaway.engineer/notes/openai-enterprise-moat/",
      "title": "OpenAI's real moat is enterprise inertia, not model quality",
      "summary": "The race isn't about who has the best model. It's about who gets embedded in the most workflows first.",
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        "first-mover advantage"
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      "title": "The Vision Pro's real problem isn't price — it's social friction",
      "summary": "Wearing a face computer in public creates a social cost that no amount of engineering can optimize away.",
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      "summary": "Still the best primer on systems thinking 16 years after publication. Required reading for anyone building products that interact with human behavior.",
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