Sublime

If you know almost nothing, almost anything will tell you something.

Instead of being overwhelmed by the apparent uncertainty in such a problem, start to ask what things about it you do know.

Very few experts actually measure their performance over time, and they tend to summarize their memories with anecdotes. They are right sometimes and wrong sometimes, but the anecdotes they remember tend to be more flattering to them.

Our professional and technological capabilities have been increasing exponentially, but our ability to use them wisely has not. We are building vast, complex civilizations, but that very complexity is in danger of overwhelming us, creating huge and unintended consequences for the planet and all those that inhabit it.

The Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg.

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