polanyi-paradox

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David Autor's 'Polanyi's paradox' names why tasks that demand tacit judgment resist automation while codifiable tasks do not

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · polanyi-paradox, automation, tacit-knowledge, codification, labor-economics
Codification is the shared hinge between automation and imitation: the same non-codifiability is an obstacle in CANONIC and a moat in EUV

observation seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · tacit-knowledge, polanyi-paradox, codification, automation, imitation
Polanyi's paradox is the shared root of the CANONIC ledger and the EUV moat: codification is what makes knowledge both automatable and copyable, so the tacit residue resists both

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-11 · tacit-knowledge, polanyi-paradox, codification, automation, imitation