book
Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy.
Arthur, W. Brian. Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Why this matters here
Arthur shows how increasing returns lock early solutions into place until they feel natural rather than contingent. Living in Sediment takes that lock-in into ordinary life: weekdays, keyboards, and dialing habits keep solving vanished constraints long after the original problem is gone.
