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signals: contact with reality (user feedback, post metrics, bugs)
the stepping stone principle - what you collect is random but leads to other interesting finds.
stand on the shoulders of others — not pretend the shoulders aren’t there.
If you wish to not get stuck, seek to perceive what you have not yet perceived.
Reality has a surprising amount of detail
“you don't have to know how the thing is going to turn out. You just have to know the next step”
Self sufficiency is an absurd delusion - there is no human on earth that understands how to make any modern object completely from raw earth to finished form.
“the longer the race, the less meaningful a head start is”
Directive vs. Emergent Leadership
Top-down vision → centralized leadership, defined objectives, alignment.
Works well when coordination is key.
Bottom-up emergence → distributed decision-making, adaptive responses.
Works well in dynamic, uncertain environments.
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