New research in @nature: When faced with problems, we have a bias to add, tinker, and create nuance rather than make things simpler.
Combine with status quo bias, and it explains why policymakers build more complex systems even when simpler is better.
nature.com/articles/d4158…
Combine with status quo bias, and it explains why policymakers build more complex systems even when simpler is better.
nature.com/articles/d4158…
My work w @pamela_herd focuses a lot on the politics of administrative burdens. There are of course other potential reasons why such systems emerge, including the idea that the designers of systems are insensitive to or unaware of the costs they impose on others.
This paper adds another potential source of burdens: we are inherently hard wired to look to add to existing systems rather than subtract to a simpler solution. Would love to see replicated with policy/administrative experimental topics. nature.com/articles/s4158… 
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