Related:
- 1-2g New theory is constrained in terms of what it can say, since it must either be consistent with existing theories, or contradict them but address the problems thereby raised
- 3-1a4b1.2 Define and stay within your circle of competence
- 3-1d Consistency requires consistent constraints
- 3-1d6b Consistent style makes it easier to see whether you are making a progress or not
- 3-1d6c Amara’s law modified - we underestimate the importance of consistency in the short-run, but overestimate in the long-run
- 5-1b1a1 Improving on already existent technology by removing one of its restraints amounts to innovation
- 9-4b2a1d A group of people who doesn’t know who they are and where they came from won’t make it to the moon or Mars
- 10-2g5 Every invention is built up over time within culture
- RUL3 - “Staying Upwind” - don’t plan too much; instead, work on ambitious projects and flow to the most interesting that gives you the best options for the future
Contradictory?
Buffett would argue:
- 1-2f1b9 Repeat what works
- 2-1a0c1d1 Focus on the few variables
- 2-1b2b1.2 Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess
- 3-1a3.1 Get the basics well. Relate to the basics. Do the basics well.
- 3-1a4b1.3 Your circle of competence can be widened, deepened, made clearer
- 3-1a4b8 With few exceptions, buy on the cheapest market and sell on the dearest leads to satisfaction of the most highly valued ends of each individual, both as consumer and as a producer
- 7-1d Create something simpler-faster-cheaper for things we’ve been doing for thousands of years