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   "text": "The social media coordination function remains largely flawed and corruptible because the incentive design underlying social proof is suboptimal.",
   "abstract": "However, because the incentive design for social proof is suboptimal, the social media coordination function is still largely flawed and corruptible.",
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   "text": "Instead of building compatible technologies in the service of interoperability, most crypto projects compete with each other, contradicting the open source culture the space needs if it has any hope of thriving.",
   "abstract": "Instead of building compatible tech- nologies in the service of interoperability, most are competing with each other, con- tradicting the open source culture that should pervade the space if it has any hope of thriving.",
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   "text": "Agent swarms are projected to deliver 20 to 30 percent productivity uplifts, but coordination failures loom in the absence of hybrid human and machine oversight.",
   "abstract": "Simulations herein project 20–30% productivity uplifts, though coordination failures loom without hybrid oversight",
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