people say they want and what they actually choose are often different. Revealed preference is the principle that you learn someone's true preferences from their choices, not...
The core idea
people say they want and what they actually choose are often different. Revealed preference is the principle that you learn someone's true preferences from their choices, not...
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5 Whys
why five times to find the systemic root cause.
All Models Are Wrong
model simplifies reality; the question is whether it is useful.
Amara's Law
technology short-term, underestimate it long-term.
Eisenhower Decision Matrix
tasks by urgency and importance to focus on what truly matters.
First Principles Thinking
a problem to its fundamental truths and reason up from there — the antidote to r
Goodhart's Law
a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.