// FIELD NOTES

FIELD NOTES.

Twenty years of insider observations, cross-checked against primary sources. On product supply chains, algorithmic feeds, youth sports economics, and the mechanics of markets that don't want to be understood.

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YOUTH SPORTSFN 003

Nobody Taught Them Where To Stand

Kids can juggle the ball a thousand times. They watch skill videos every night. They still lose 3-0 on Saturday because nobody ever taught them where to stand.

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where winning ranked among 81 things kids say make sports fun (Visek et al., FUN MAPS)
MEDIA & TECHFN 002

Who Decides What You See

Nobody chose your feed for you. Everybody chose your feed for you. Both are true at once — here is why that matters.

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weight Facebook internally gave angry emoji reactions vs a like, per leaked docs
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