PD: the title should have been Phronemophobia: the fear of thinking.
It is a prevalent problem nowadays. Only by thinking, we can make more with less, and that may be the only way out of stagflation.
βYou can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.β β Winston Churchill
β βBrute force is enough.β
ββ¦all models are approximations. Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. However, the approximate nature of the model must always be borne in mindβ¦β β George Box
β Start with something simplistic. Fix it with epicycles. As fast as possible.
βThere are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.β β C. A. R. Hoare
β Asymmetric lotteries may be good when the upside greatly outweighs the downside.
π― Do not be a lottery ticket for someone else.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Sigmoid to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.