Idea Meritocracy = Radical Truth + Radical Transparency + Believability-Weighted Decision Making.

you had asked me what my objective was when I started out, I would’ve said it was to have fun working with people I like. Work was a game I played with passion and I wanted to have a blast playing it with people I enjoyed and respected.

“Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

In case of a disagreement with others, start by seeing if you can agree on the principles that should be used to make that decision.

Carl Jung put it, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

An above-the-line conversation addresses the main points and a below-the-line conversation focuses on the sub-points.

There are typically just five to ten important factors to consider when making a decision.

Synthesis is the process of converting a lot of data into an accurate picture.

the first pitfall of bad decision making, which is to subconsciously make the decision first and then cherry-pick the data that supports it.