Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It¶
Sunstein, C. R. (2021). Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It. The MIT Press.
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Mechanisms¶
- Activation-Energy Reduction Pass
- Some steps are deliberate checks, consent gates, or think-twice moments, and a reduction pass that treats all friction as waste can smooth the path to error as easily as to the intended act — the phenomenon regulators now call sludge is the flip side, but not all friction is sludge.
This sourceDistinguishes harmful or unjustified sludge from frictions that can have legitimate protective benefits.
- Some steps are deliberate checks, consent gates, or think-twice moments, and a reduction pass that treats all friction as waste can smooth the path to error as easily as to the intended act — the phenomenon regulators now call sludge is the flip side, but not all friction is sludge.
- Friction Insertion
- Its failure mode is that friction is a blunt, universal tax — it slows the diligent along with the reckless, and misplaced or over-heavy friction becomes sludge: needless effort that degrades legitimate use while barely denting a determined actor.
This sourceDefines sludge as excessive or unjustified administrative burdens that impede access and impose needless effort.
- Its failure mode is that friction is a blunt, universal tax — it slows the diligent along with the reckless, and misplaced or over-heavy friction becomes sludge: needless effort that degrades legitimate use while barely denting a determined actor.
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