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Poka-yoke is another Japanese method, this one invented by Shigeo Shingo, one of the Japanese engineers who played a major role in the development of the Toyota Production System. Poka-yoke translates as “error proofing" or "avoiding error." One of the techniques of poka-yoke is to add simple fixtures, jigs, or devices to constrain the operations so that they are correct.
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Also another, related point is that as far as I can tell every decentralized crypto project has some central group of decision-makers who actually run the project, and then a veneer of decentralization. Shouldn’t the holders of Pollen tokens get to decide on its monetization strategy? Lol, no, absolutely not. Sure if they were *shareholders* of Pollen they’d have some legally binding governance rights. But they’re not.
Money Stuff: ChatGPT Is Not Much of a Pitch Robot
Matt Levine
The decision to sharply manage down the price of eggs was, indirectly but inescapably, *also* a considered decision to cause large notional losses to all holders of financial assets. That includes everyone with a mortgage, every startup employee with equity, and every bank.
Banking in Very Uncertain Times
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
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