fiction & addendums

📗 Toy Problems Make Economics Easier To Grasp

I use fiction to understand the edges of real-world problems that confuse me -- like how libertarian free market theory accounts for the need for group…

Dec 31, 2025 • Eleanor Konik

When AI is so wrong it's actually helpful

Nov 30, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

📗 One Barbarian Boy

On the ethics of quitting pain to embrace joy

Nov 23, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

A long slow decline of a stable world

Nov 16, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Civil Mage: Marna (1/2)

Irella arrives in Marna

Oct 12, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Civil Mage: Memorial (1/3)

Irella finds an ally

Sep 21, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Civil Mage: Empress (3/3)

Irella builds a tomb

Sep 15, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Civil Mage: Empress (2/3)

Irella confronts the new Empress

Sep 8, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Crusades, coups, & counting cash

Aug 3, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Copper pipes & brick bathrooms

Aug 1, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

Red cloaks & rebel couriers

Jul 27, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

📗 Spider Cheese For You & Me

Mold-assisted food storage

Jul 23, 2022 • Eleanor Konik

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