Cedric Chin

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Cedric Chin

Word slinger, bug fixer, and operator.

Reality Without Frameworks

How using frameworks can get in the way of actual sensemaking, and what to do about it.

Prediction in the Time of the Coronavirus

Lessons I learnt while applying the Good Judgment Project's superforecasting techniques to the COVID-19 outbreak, albeit for personal reasons.

Get Numb Before You Get Good

You can't pursue expertise if you're scared of starting. Why it's better to get numb first before you focus on getting good.

To Get Good, Go After The Metagame

What do metagames have to do with the acquisition of expertise?

What The CEO Wants You To Know

Ram Charan's 2001 book on business principles is probably the best concise introduction to how a business works.

Expertise is ‘Just’ Pattern Matching

I find it a little difficult to believe that expertise is 'merely' pattern-matching. And yet it seems to have resulted in the some of my best learning outcomes over the past year. A look at my scepticism, in the context of several ideas we've covered in this blog.

Five Takeaways on Predictions (For The New Decade)

A couple of things to keep in mind when faced with the deluge of predictions to welcome 2020.

How The Superforecasters Do It

A comprehensive summary of superforecaster techniques from Philip Tetlock & Dan Gardner's Superforecasting. Because — let's face it — you want to predict the future, don't you?

How Do You Evaluate Your Own Predictions?

What happens when you adapt the scoring system of the Good Judgment Project to your intuitions at work?

Forecasting Under Uncertainty

Phillip Tetlock's Good Judgment Project asks if it possible to construct reasonably accurate forecasts under uncertainty. The answer to that is yes, and this matters because the pursuit of expertise is the pursuit of a predictive model that works.