Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Resolve contradictions at the principle level once…
Address contradictions at the strategic principle level rather than re-adjudicating them at each tactical decision point to prevent decision multiplication.
For once-in-career decisions, suspend your agent…
When a decision situation represents a once-in-career strategic pivot rather than a routine recurrence, suspend your decision agent and return to full deliberation even if the agent would produce an answer.
Before committing to a one-way door, search for ways…
When facing a one-way door decision, actively search for ways to restructure it into a two-way door through trial periods, exit clauses, smaller pilots, or phased rollouts before committing to the heavyweight deliberation process.
Consensus is for existential decisions only — founding…
Reserve consensus decision-making exclusively for existential decisions where the group cannot survive executing an outcome some members fundamentally oppose—founding documents, core values, irreversible strategic pivots—because consensus is the slowest inclusive framework and should match its cost to decision stakes.
Build measurement systems when you design the strategy…
Build measurement dashboards and leading indicators at the same time you design the strategy they measure, not after problems appear, because instrumentation designed during crisis measures symptoms rather than causes.
Pre-define how long you'll persist with slow-feedback…
Separate the decision to continue a slow-feedback strategy from subjective feelings of progress by defining persistence duration in advance, because delayed systems provide zero felt momentum before delivering concentrated results.