paradox

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The paradox of simplicity: “It’s hard doing simple. It’s easy doing complex.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The women who make it to China live in a "cruel paradox", says Lina Yoon from Human Rights Watch.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The Jevons paradox suggests that would drive up AI-model adoption and thus lead to more demand for memory.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

With so many stations closed or short on gas, it felt like the Mad Hatter’s tea party paradox: “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

This was what his father had taught him: the greater the composure, the more revealed one was, the truth of one’s inner life was manifest—a pleasing paradox.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson