The decentralized spontaneous order we see at Thanksgiving dinner mirrors that of other "cultural" holidays, such at Valentine's and Halloween. It's why it always sticks in my craw when a town or city "reschedules" trick-or-treating.
Wish me good luck. I took this awesome email and put it through AI to create a presentation version of this article. It's awesome. I even asked for a great image of the Thanksgiving Committee arguing over what to make how much to make and debating over the National Menu. Hilarious! Thanks again and keep these coming!
This isn't really Hayek, more Schelling. Hayek's emphasis was on the way the price mechanism produces spontaneous order. That explains why there are enough turkeys to meet the demand. But the choice of turkey, rather than chicken or pork reflects convergence on a salient point. Same for Christmas trees, valenintes etc. Everyone (roughly) wants to dp whatever everyone else is doing, and turkey was a salient option when these norms were established (in nearly all cases, in the second half of the 19th century)
Good catch. I wanted to emphasize how prices were helping move products around, but ultimately dropped it to focus on the bigger concept of spontaneous order.
I appreciate the note providing more context for others.
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The decentralized spontaneous order we see at Thanksgiving dinner mirrors that of other "cultural" holidays, such at Valentine's and Halloween. It's why it always sticks in my craw when a town or city "reschedules" trick-or-treating.
Perhaps the college student equivalent is doubling up on Halloweekend when Halloween lands in the middle of the week?
Wish me good luck. I took this awesome email and put it through AI to create a presentation version of this article. It's awesome. I even asked for a great image of the Thanksgiving Committee arguing over what to make how much to make and debating over the National Menu. Hilarious! Thanks again and keep these coming!
Please share over an email! I'd love to see what you were able to create.
https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/c4663984-4cd7-4645-9991-6d6f7b67be41 Here's the link. I also showed most of the 2 videos you added and I cannot seem to send the Thanksgiving Committee picture. Let me try this Google Doc. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVDbOGJ5Zrk8-ivUsDNcPe1AjXnQcKCwoRfwbS4CWHw/edit?usp=sharing I hope that works.
This isn't really Hayek, more Schelling. Hayek's emphasis was on the way the price mechanism produces spontaneous order. That explains why there are enough turkeys to meet the demand. But the choice of turkey, rather than chicken or pork reflects convergence on a salient point. Same for Christmas trees, valenintes etc. Everyone (roughly) wants to dp whatever everyone else is doing, and turkey was a salient option when these norms were established (in nearly all cases, in the second half of the 19th century)
Good catch. I wanted to emphasize how prices were helping move products around, but ultimately dropped it to focus on the bigger concept of spontaneous order.
I appreciate the note providing more context for others.
green bean casserole no jadrian noooo
Crunchy onions mixed with creamy sauce? 🤌🏻
Great post. I especially appreciate this one because I watched you work on it in Tampa, plus it is a neat topic. I will be having a Tomahawk Steak.
I'm glad you got to see the chaos that goes on in my head when I write these.