Problem choice and decision trees in science and engineering: Cell
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Problem choice and decision trees in science and engineering: Cell
one of the most important and subtle questions in science is problem selection. How do you choose what to work on? No one tells you what to do. And you do have to answer this question multiple times. With a company, in some sense, you have to decide it once, and then it's an iterative process from there. Whereas in science, you're frequently pursui... See more
Emily Sokolow added
Problem selection and how to think, referencing “Apprentice to Genius”
Suppose a startup is testing a new customer acquisition strategy. Instead of launching a full-blown marketing campaign, it starts small, running a limited ad campaign with basic content to gauge audience engagement. As it iterates, it scales up what works and swiftly pivots away from what doesn’t. This approach allows it to quickly identify what wo... See more
The FLUX Collective • 🌀🗞 The FLUX Review, Ep. 160
Lyndsey Medford added
how to test ideas
Deciding which problems to work on may be one of the most important decisions you make, because people can lose years (or a lifetime) working on the wrong problem.
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
Hank Djankis and added
do things to discover what they should do.
Peter Sims • Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
This is a massive problem in decision-making. We try to close down the solution space of any problem in order to arrive at a single right answer that is difficult to argue with.
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Deciding which problems to work on may be one of the most important decisions you make, because people can lose years (or a lifetime) working on the wrong problem.