korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Repeated vague platitudes without follow-up specifics signal weak first-principles thinking.

Drawn from what Ben Kuhn said

writing
What this subject means

writing Prose as thinking: writing well, writing by hand while a model offers to do it, and who will still be able to.

First principles

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

What Ben Kuhn actually said

  1. Ben Kuhn Software engineer and writer; former CTO of Wave
    If they don't follow this up with a more specific, precise or nuanced claim, they may not be a strong first-principles thinker.

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