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Everyone in the Car Has an Opinion
We’re in the car, all six of us, and nobody has decided where we’re eating. My father is calling out his three favorite places, in order, with reasons. My mother is bracing against the door and reacting to every turn I take. My sisters are announcing at intervals that they are hungry, which is true…
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First Principles Thinking Is a Way of Seeing
Most thinking is borrowed — you copy the shape of what works and ship a slightly better version. First principles is the opposite move: take the problem down to what’s actually true and rebuild. I learned it from my mother before I ever met it as a technique, and from a camera before I met…