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dominant in 48124 stories · variance scale 0.0044

Energy by year

2006 → 2026

The canon

The purest instances over the years: one story per episode, by coordinate on this axis.

DateStorycoordenergy
2014-11-06Juries can be influenced by where defendants sit in a courtroom0.300.7
2013-03-27When judges can't do math, justice suffers.0.280.7
2013-08-01A Man May Do an Immense Deal of Good, If He Does Not Care Who Gets the Credit0.280.7
2011-09-12If computers can do journalism, why not law?0.270.7
2021-07-03A Strong Argument Against Television0.270.7
2013-10-17It’s difficult as an events organiser to do the right thing0.270.7
2021-04-20The Best Way to fight a conspiracy theory isn’t with facts0.260.7
2019-10-03Dear Bureaucrat, How can I win arguments against lawyers? (hint-don't argue law)0.260.7
2011-01-18Why Do Smart People Do Such Dumb Things?0.260.7
2016-04-25Why haven't any Wall Street executives been prosecuted for fraud?0.260.7
2016-09-27How could this entrepreneur compete against a billion-dollar giant?0.260.7
2009-07-29Even a genius can get suckered0.260.7
2024-11-29If ignorance of the law isn't excusable, who must teach it to citizens?0.260.7
2010-10-13Should the Nobel Folks Be Sued for the Financial Crisis?0.260.7
2010-10-20Should the Nobel Folks Be Sued for the Financial Crisis?0.260.7
2025-06-27Why should the US decide who can have certain tech?0.260.7
2026-03-27Ordinary Americans Take on Mark Zuckerberg and Big Tech in Jury Trials0.260.7
2014-08-21Will you be seated on a jury?0.260.7
2011-05-16In an ideal world, there will be a more efficient marketplace than litigation0.260.7
2007-03-03Is this idea prone to lawsuits?0.260.7
2020-10-22How to Compete Against Tech Goliaths Like Apple, Google, and Microsoft0.260.7
2021-01-03The Dining Philosophers Problem0.260.7
2018-12-24The Ethics of (not) Tipping at Restaurants0.260.7
2010-07-14Well, this is one way to serve on a jury0.260.7
2020-04-28A crisis can spur invention, but it rarely works miracles0.260.7
2010-11-04In most patent lawsuits, the defendant invented independently [pdf]0.260.7
2025-04-17Why are two TX senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?0.260.7
2012-04-25Why the US Can't Get Astronauts Into Space0.260.7
2014-03-11If you can't compete in the open market, you don't deserve a seat at the table0.260.7
2021-09-24Explaining Probability to a Jury0.260.7
2008-10-15How can we really be producing value if we're all sitting around?0.260.7
2019-08-12There’s More Than One Way to Fight Monopoly0.260.7
2018-02-15What If Men and Women Skied Against Each Other in the Olympics?0.250.7
2013-02-15Why do people attend events?0.250.7
2010-07-07Should infractions be seen as an opportunity for profit?0.250.7
2025-08-12How Do Committees Fail to Invent?0.250.7
2025-08-17How Do Committees Fail to Invent?0.250.7
2012-10-02In Goldman Programmer Case, a Way Around Double Jeopardy0.250.7
2014-01-15Silicon Valley workers may pursue collusion case as group0.251.1
2015-02-26How do you judiciously help someone whose work isn’t very good?0.250.7