Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 6402 answers
Record what new evidence or experience caused you to revise your schema. Every schema update has a trigger — a specific observation, conversation, failure, or piece of evidence that shifted your model. If you do not capture that trigger at the moment of change, you lose the provenance of your own.
Record what new evidence or experience caused you to revise your schema. Every schema update has a trigger — a specific observation, conversation, failure, or piece of evidence that shifted your model. If you do not capture that trigger at the moment of change, you lose the provenance of your own.
Label your schema versions so you can compare current thinking to past thinking.
Label your schema versions so you can compare current thinking to past thinking.
Label your schema versions so you can compare current thinking to past thinking.
Label your schema versions so you can compare current thinking to past thinking.
Label your schema versions so you can compare current thinking to past thinking.
Some schemas should be marked as outdated and replaced rather than patched indefinitely.
Some schemas should be marked as outdated and replaced rather than patched indefinitely.
Some schemas should be marked as outdated and replaced rather than patched indefinitely.
Some schemas should be marked as outdated and replaced rather than patched indefinitely.
Some schemas should be marked as outdated and replaced rather than patched indefinitely.
Knowing a schema is wrong but not updating it creates a growing liability.
Knowing a schema is wrong but not updating it creates a growing liability.
Knowing a schema is wrong but not updating it creates a growing liability.
Knowing a schema is wrong but not updating it creates a growing liability.
Knowing a schema is wrong but not updating it creates a growing liability.
When you update a schema you must also update everything built on top of it.
When you update a schema you must also update everything built on top of it.
Sometimes you need the new schema to handle cases the old schema covered.
Sometimes you need the new schema to handle cases the old schema covered.
Sometimes you need the new schema to handle cases the old schema covered.
Changing a deeply held mental model is uncomfortable — expect and accept this.
Changing a deeply held mental model is uncomfortable — expect and accept this.