A disciplined imaginative exercise used to explore the consequences of principles, test the limits of theories, and reason about scenarios that cannot be physically tested. From Galileo's falling bodies to Einstein's light beam to Schrödinger's cat, thought experiments have driven some of the most i
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A disciplined imaginative exercise used to explore the consequences of principles, test the limits of theories, and reason about scenarios that cannot be physically tested. From Galileo's falling bodies to Einstein's light beam to Schrödinger's cat, thought experiments have driven some of the most i
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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.