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Shane Parrish · Farnam Street · 2018

First Principles Thinking

First Principles thinking breaks down true understanding into building blocks we can reassemble into something that simplifies our problem.

Why we picked it

Breaks problem solving down to claims that can be tested and recombined instead of inherited assumptions that go unexamined.

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