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Conventional wisdom assumes things are the way they are for a good reason, and history repeatedly proves status quo dogma wrong.

Drawn from what Tim Urban said

Subjectinnovation
What this subject means

innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

Mental modelFirst principles

On the topicWhich mental models help you think better?under our view: Good ideas come from first principles, not from what you heard

What Tim Urban actually said

  1. Tim Urban Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why
    Conventional wisdom worships the status quo and always assumes that everything is the way it is for a good reason—and history is one long record of status quo dogma being proven wrong again and again, every time some chef comes around and changes things.

    Where this was said

    ↗The Cook and the Chef: Musk’s Secret Saucewaitbutwhy.com

    6 Nov 2015

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