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Comment by procinct

3 hours ago

Thinking from first principles would likely start with “Do we need X?”

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itishappy  33 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?"

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