Part of the problem with the Lean Startup mindset is that it sees life and work as an optimization problem. The point is to help people live a good life, not just an efficient life. The goal is human flourishing, not convenience. The goal is a good future, not just a technically advanced future.

So we’re going to have to accept something slightly humbling: Maybe the whole idea that there is some kind of “best practice” for finding your objective is misguided. There may simply be futility at the heart of search—no approach to searching can guarantee that you reach your objectives. It’s not enough to give up the idea that objectives are the

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July 2023

If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.

Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more