Stephen Dubner

The more I hear from Ben Handel, the more I believe that sludge isn't just a nuisance. It's a cancer. It's a malignancy that turns otherwise healthy tissue sick. Think about it.

The more I hear from Ben Handel, the more I believe that sludge isn't just a nuisance. It's a cancer. It's a malignancy that turns otherwise healthy tissue sick. Think about it.

Administrative burden for physicians that leads to more and more independent practices being essentially forced to join a big corporate practice, which, given the way big corporate health care operates, will produce even more sludge, which will infect even more healthy tissue. Healthcare is obviously a big and important sector, but let's be honest, sludge is everywhere.

Administrative burden for physicians that leads to more and more independent practices being essentially forced to join a big corporate practice, which, given the way big corporate health care operates, will produce even more sludge, which will infect even more healthy tissue. Healthcare is obviously a big and important sector, but let's be honest, sludge is everywhere.

Administrative burden for physicians that leads to more and more independent practices being essentially forced to join a big corporate practice, which, given the way big corporate health care operates, will produce even more sludge, which will infect even more healthy tissue. Healthcare is obviously a big and important sector, but let's be honest, sludge is everywhere.

And the digital revolution has driven the spread. Early on, the internet was relatively free of sludge. Now, it's soaking in it. In 2023, the American Dialect Society named as its word of the year, which had been popularized by the writer Cory Doctorow. Let me read you a passage that Doctorow wrote. Here is how platforms die. First, they're good to their users.

And the digital revolution has driven the spread. Early on, the internet was relatively free of sludge. Now, it's soaking in it. In 2023, the American Dialect Society named as its word of the year, which had been popularized by the writer Cory Doctorow. Let me read you a passage that Doctorow wrote. Here is how platforms die. First, they're good to their users.

And the digital revolution has driven the spread. Early on, the internet was relatively free of sludge. Now, it's soaking in it. In 2023, the American Dialect Society named as its word of the year, which had been popularized by the writer Cory Doctorow. Let me read you a passage that Doctorow wrote. Here is how platforms die. First, they're good to their users.

Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then they die. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then they die. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then they die. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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