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Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail
Smart people are uniquely vulnerable to mistaking complexity for insight.
An executive writes a ten-page memo that could be one. An engineer builds an intricate system when a simple one would perform better at half the cost. The consultant mesmerizes clients with frameworks that conceal rather than reveal. We attach prestige to what mystifies us. Co... See more
An executive writes a ten-page memo that could be one. An engineer builds an intricate system when a simple one would perform better at half the cost. The consultant mesmerizes clients with frameworks that conceal rather than reveal. We attach prestige to what mystifies us. Co... See more
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How to teach and understand complexity
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when you have an analytical mind and dive deep into a topic, one topic becomes many. It splits into hundreds or thousands of subtopics. Do you now see why smart people are prone to getting lost in details?