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Cedric Chin

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Cedric Chin

Word slinger, bug fixer, and operator.

‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ Doesn't Work That Well

Why ‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ isn't as great a thinking tool as you might think.

There Is No Normal

You're only able to adapt quickly under uncertainty if you see the world as it is. Here's why it's difficult to do that during a pandemic.

Heuristics Are OK

Psychological heuristics (or mental shortcuts) tend to get a bad rep today. But heuristics are what makes expertise possible. Here's why heuristics aren't as bad as we make them out to be.

How to Use YouTube to Learn Tacit Knowledge

YouTube is the biggest thing to have happened to tacit skill acquisition in the past couple of decades. Here's how to use it.

The Three Kinds of Tacit Knowledge

There are three types of tacit knowledge, all of which 'cannot be captured through words alone'.

Copying Better: How To Acquire The Tacit Knowledge of Experts

Much of expertise is tacit: that is, it cannot be captured through words alone. We look at techniques, drawn from the field of Naturalistic Decision Making, designed to acquire the tacit knowledge of experts.

Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice

What tacit knowledge is, and why it is the most interesting topic in the study of expertise today.

Every Actionable Book is Actually Two Books Inside

Actionable books are books that contain techniques or approaches you may apply to your life. Here's how to read them.

Good Synthesis is the Start of Good Sensemaking

When you're faced with uncertainty, the best thing you can do is analyse your inputs, synthesise a new model, and then destroy it to start over again.

Much Ado About The OODA Loop

An in-depth look at John Boyd and the OODA loop, the strategic thinker most concerned about fast adaptation under uncertainty.