Information Cascades: what this star will be
After a few people choose alike, everyone rationally stops using their own eyes.
By Constellate · 9 September 2026 · the short form
Information Cascades is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Society, and what stands beside it today.
The line it carries on the sky: After a few people choose alike, everyone rationally stops using their own eyes.
What stands beside it
The stars nearest to it are Bayesian Thinking, Critical Mass, Keynesian Beauty Contest and Minsky Moment, and Bayesian Thinking and Social Norms are already open to walk. When Information Cascades opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.
Ask for this star
Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Information Cascades and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.