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2024 · Independent research// status: stub

Scarcity Fallacy

// Behavioral research on how artificial scarcity warps pricing decisions.
roleSolo — research, engineering, writingoutcomeOngoing. Public writeup + interactive demo planned.stackPythonNext.jsPostgres
writeup in progress — full case study not yet published.

Writeup in progress

This is a long-running side project examining when scarcity cues ("only 2 left," "ends in 4:59") stop being informative signals and start being distortionary — and what that does to the pricing decisions people make under them.

I am still in the data-collection and synthesis phase. The plan is a short paper-style writeup paired with a small interactive demo where a reader can feel the effect on their own decisions, rather than just read about it.

Updates will land in the Writing section as they come. If you want the early draft, the contact form on the homepage works.