1-1a4d Nothing can be explained only in terms of itself
F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”
3-1c3c2 Take ideas seriously, to an extent that you will be comfortable ‘breaking rules’ if necessary
Roger Martin: “Thinkers who exploit opposing ideas to construct a new solution enjoy a built-in advantage over thinkers who can consider only one model at a time.”
5-2b4a You can either decide from existent options, or make a decision (literally in the sense of creation) by creating new explanation
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SAFEGUARD: Come up with Both-And options. Try to find ways of combining the binary. Think not in terms of choosing either X or Y, but rather having both X and Y.
5-2b1a2a Simplify the problem, but not too simply
2-1a0a ‘Occam’s razor’ & ‘Irreducibility’ - Simplify the problem but don’t oversimplify.
“Knowledge creation involves rebellion against current explanatory framework, replacing by the destruction of the old, a death sentence. Creativity has coded within its mechanism ‘killing’ its own program.” ←> Probability.
9-4b2 Writing is creative destructions happening on paper
The most important sort of disobedience is to write essays at all