When Answers Get Cheap, Good Questions Are the New Scarcity

In a world of cheap answers, the most expensive mistake you can make is confusing cheap answers as good answers.

construct partially but directionally correct maps, instead of falling for the trap of certain answers.

A good answer, then, is one that

(1) reduces uncertainty and

(2) values limited attention well so as not to misuse it.

In systems marked by structural uncertainty, value is created not by declaring what is known, but by directing attention to what remains unresolved.

The most valuable answers today are not those that appear most complete and articulate, but those that reveal where we must continue looking