Dysmemic Pressure: Selection Dynamics in Organizational Information Environments

Identifies a compound selection force — dysmemic pressure — that emerges when organizations compress information to coordinate at scale. Three dynamics drive it: strategic communication degradation (Crawford-Sobel), adverse selection in idea markets (Akerlof), and transmission biases favoring spread over accuracy. The resulting equilibrium — where organizational reality decouples from external reality while remaining internally consistent — is stable because no individual can profitably deviate.