A Theory of Psychological Inflammation-Reduction

Battling uncertainty, inefficiency, and non-alignment

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We know what biological inflammation is — flare-ups of pain and swelling running the gamut from quotidian activities like skinning your knee to hospital-plopping ailments like pneumonia. The word ‘inflammation’ surfaces in medical offices with doctors scrunching up their faces in benevolent…