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This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress (Edge Question)
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
People dramatically under estimate how many decisions one has to make before shipping the v1 of even the simplest product. They all seem obvious in retrospect, but so, so much thinking had to happen to ship something like "press a button, get a ride."
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On beauty in science: “He’s a very intuitive person,” says Niemi. “He sees the equations, but he sees beyond the equation. He thinks immediately, does this make sense in a wider context? … He smells the equation, if it smells good or not. Or if it has the beauty.”
Gabriel Popkin • The Universe According to Frank Wilczek - John Templeton Foundation
Perhaps the greatest “phase transition” in our thinking that such an approach could engender is the maturation in our willingness to live with relatively high levels of uncertainty in the domains of complex phenomena—and thus give up on ideas like complete “cures,” the elimination of “risk,” the design of perfect “stability,” and achieving total “s
... See moreJessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
So I start from the premise that nature is smarter than I am and try to let nature teach me how reality works.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
REVISITING RAMANUJAN