👉 Build from the ground up. Essence First principles are the foundation from which any other action or insight is derived from. You can uncover them by asking “why” or using a Socratic type of questioning. You know you’ve got a first principle if you can’t deduce it from other principles. Thinking from first principles means starting from a basis without assumptions or beliefs. Hence, it’s the best starting point for any solid argumentation or deduction....
👉 Adapt or die. I’ve called this principle by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection. – Charles Darwin Evolution is the fundamental process underlying biology. It describes how organisms adapt over time by a process of natural selection. The environment is not static and it’s in constant flow. Resources that at some point were abundant become scarce and organisms compete to get enough of them....
“All models are wrong, but some are useful” – George Box Reality is incredibly complex. To handle it and reduce the complexity, we create models that zoom in on aspects of how the world works. They are abstractions that simplify reality and make it easier to understand the world and avoid overwhelm. How good an abstraction is, is always measured by its utility. Imagine if when you wanted to buy a car, you had to say, “Honey, let’s go look at configurations of metals, polyester, and plastic....