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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill
Decisions improve when you face uncomfortable possibilities early instead of protecting yourself from them with optimistic stories.
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Searching for outliers
When important outcomes have heavy-tailed distributions, searching for exceptional possibilities beats optimizing a single merely acceptable choice.
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You don't need to work on hard problems
The world rewards important problems more than difficult-looking ones, and smart people often mistake difficulty for leverage.