Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 28 answers
Optimization is not something you do once — it is an ongoing relationship with your systems.
Pick one cognitive agent you use regularly — a decision-making heuristic, a weekly review process, a note-taking workflow, a communication template. Write down three questions: (1) When did I last deliberately improve this? (2) What has changed in my context since I built it? (3) What is the.
Treating optimization as a quarterly event rather than a continuous posture. You schedule an annual 'system review,' spend a weekend reorganizing everything, feel productive for two days, then let entropy accumulate for another year. The event-based optimizer lives in cycles of neglect and.
Optimization is not something you do once — it is an ongoing relationship with your systems.