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    Scarcity & Queues Entry #0467

    Why a raffle allocates differently than a price

    A lottery gives everyone the same chance and no way to express how much they need the thing. A price does the reverse, and each ignores what the other records.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0467

    Every allocation rule declares which claims count. A lottery says all equally; a price says according to capacity to pay.

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    Negotiation Frames Entry #0338

    Why the word fair is a claim, not a description

    Fairness has several defensible standards that give different answers. Naming one as fair asserts a choice among them while sounding like an observation.

    Novice
    The hidden part #0338

    Fair is not an observation about an outcome. It is an assertion that one standard among several should govern.

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