← Back to context Comment by itishappy 7 hours ago First principle: How can we accomplish X?Higher order: What if we accomplished X? 2 comments itishappy Reply procinct 3 hours ago Thinking from first principles would likely start with “Do we need X?” itishappy 34 minutes ago Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?"
procinct 3 hours ago Thinking from first principles would likely start with “Do we need X?” itishappy 34 minutes ago Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?"
itishappy 34 minutes ago Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?"
Thinking from first principles would likely start with “Do we need X?”
Fair point, I'm skipping over the need itself. The titular first principle.
First principles: "We need X, how can we accomplish that?"
Higher order: "We need X, what would accomplishing that do for us?"