Assessment#
Every piece of graded work in the course, what it is worth, and when it is due.
Three pieces of work, each building on the last: a field audit on one machine (week 4), an incentive case study naming who benefits from a machine’s worst behaviour (week 7), and a full teardown and redesign due at the semester’s end (week 12).
Field Audit: One Machine, One Transaction
A first-person walkthrough of one specific machine and one specific transaction, diagnosed against the course's opening concepts
Due 19 March 2027 · Weight: 20%
Who Benefits: An Incentive Case Study
An incentive map for one machine, naming who profits from its worst behaviour and what evidence supports the claim
Due 9 April 2027 · Weight: 30%
Teardown & Redesign Dossier
A full teardown of one captive machine, a redesign that keeps its legitimate incentives, and a memo naming who would resist the change
Due 28 May 2027 · Weight: 50%