Moi Jamri
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Moi Jamri
Reasoning by analogy, or copying what others are doing, is sort of like being a cover band where you’re playing somebody else’s music. Whereas with first-principles thinking, you go back to the fundamental raw materials of music, which are the notes, and then you build an original song from scratch. That is first-principles thinking.
Lenny Rachitsky • First-Principles Thinking
"If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original—something where there's a good chance of failure [each time]."
The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius
On consistent willingness to fail
At its core, Occam’s Razor is a principle that suggests that when faced with competing explanations for an event or occurrence, you should select the explanation that makes the fewest number of assumptions.
Occam's Razor: The Atomic Mental Model - Sketchy Ideas %
It’s crucial for us to understand as many mental models as possible. As the adage goes, a little knowledge can be dangerous and creates more problems than total ignorance. No single model is universally applicable – we find exceptions for nearly everything. Even hardcore physics has not been totally solved.
Farnam Street • All Models Are Wrong
VCs are
like car salesmen or bureaucrats: the nature of their work
turns them into jerks.
like car salesmen or bureaucrats: the nature of their work
turns them into jerks.