The best don’t perfectly follow the rules but they don’t always break them either. They break the rules when they don’t make sense and it matters t… - Shane Parrish

Learning comes when experience meets reflection.

During their colonial rule of India, the British government began to worry about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi. To reduce the numbers, they instituted a reward for every dead snake brought to officials. In response, Indian citizens dutifully complied and began breeding the snakes to slaughter and bring to officials. The snake problem was worse than when it started because the British officials didn’t think at the second level.

we are all accustomed to believe that maps and reality are necessarily related, or that if they are not, we can make them so by altering reality.