Demanding certainty
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Demanding certainty
This chapter is about how to stop fighting uncertainty and harness its power. You’ll learn how our obsession with certainty leads us astray and why all progress takes place in uncertain conditions.
Ozan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
As it turns out, uncertainty and impact are very naturally bound together in this way. It makes intuitive sense that the more impactful an action is, the more certain we ought to be before we take it.
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
Uncertainty is an acid,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
You’ll learn how our obsession with certainty leads us astray and why all progress takes place in uncertain conditions.