Cedric Chin

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Cedric Chin

Word slinger, bug fixer, and operator.

How First Principles Thinking Fails

Thinking is split roughly into pattern matching against experience, and reasoning from first principles. Here's one argument for why you need both.

Every Actionable Book is Actually Two Books Inside — Action Sheet

Actionable summary for reading for principles, from 'Every Actionable Book is Actually Two Books Inside'.

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An Update on ‘Consume What You Can Do’

If you can only put two ideas to practice a week, then you're inevitably going to have to deal with a bottleneck of 'to-experiment' ideas.

Get Numb Before You Get Good Action Sheet

Actionable summary for getting numb before you get good.

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‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ Doesn’t Work That Well - Action Sheet

Actionable summary for opinion betting, which was presented as an alternative to 'strong opinions, weakly held'.

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Exploiting Productivity Momentum Action Sheet

Actionable summary to exploit productivity momentum

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Reading Goals Action Sheet

Actionable Summary for setting yearly reading goals.

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Job Market Audit Action Sheet

Actionable summary for executing a job market audit.

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Reality Without Frameworks Action Sheet

Action Sheet for seeing reality without frameworks.

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Four Theories of Truth Action Sheet

Action sheet for applying the four theories of truth to writing and reading.

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