Systems Thinking

1. Lists & models

   1. The greatest inventors were systems thinkers.
   2. Intelligence can change over time, based on how much you train, read and take care of yourself.
   3. Lists, models, hierarchies.

2. Perspectives

   1. Physical - Global Point of view
   2. Time - Long-term trends
   3. Zoom in
   4. Organism view - What does it need to thrive
   5. Fractal Nature - All things can be infinitely zoomed in and out.

3. First Principles

   1. Core axiomatic assumptions
   2. Rules that allow you to convert data into knowledge.

   3. Postmodernism

      1. Colonialism - If I cannot decide what Truth it, then no one can.

      2. Question everything

         1. Nothing is sacred, nobody knows everything.
         2. Nihilism - There is not truth, except my truth.

4. Elegant simplicity

   1. Unpack assumptions
   2. Cross-pollination
   3. Analytical thirdspace
   4. Universal principles - Find those fundamental axioms by which you can operate

Truth - Beliefs, evidence, consensus and interpretation

Discover - Universal Principles

Getting down to the universal principles

1. Do you have all the:

   1. facts and evidence?
   2. models and frameworks?
   3. Perspectives and contexts?
   4. approaches and methods?
   5. the right insights and ideas?
   6. aware of your constraints and assumptions?

Distillation

1. Systematically and strategically learn a lot.
2. Deliberately get good at using your brain.
3. Constantly polish and refine everything.
4. Boil it down to the core essence.
5. Extract the hard kernel of truth.
6. Communicate it to others.