The Infinite & Omega (#72)
Buzz Lightyear has been telling us all along, there is something beyond Infinity, it's the critical order of things, called the Omega.
Generation & Revision (#71)
Selecting what to cut and exclude is more powerful than adding new features to an already complicated product.
Fluency & Repetition (Paradox Pair #70)
Referential linking is a shortcut our brains use to improve processing fluency, however, as a side effect, it causes us to believe things the more often we hear them, even if untrue.
Facts & Storytelling (#69)
Storytelling is essential because we know that the impression we leave on others is really about how we make them feel.
React & Respond (Paradox Pair #68)
Hysteresis alerting, where we delay alerting until a threshold is consistently passed, normalizes our reactions, allowing us to respond in a more constructive manner.
Preferences & Choices (Paradox Pair #67)
The more choices we have the harder it is to make a selection, and we are less satisfied with the final determination.
Maps, Models, and Reality (Paradox Pair #66)
To make a map necessitates a loss of fidelity, yet people often confuse the model of a system for the system itself.
Brainstorming: Alone & Together (Paradox Pair #65)
We are apt to follow a course of action we don't agree with due to our fear of acting contrary to what we perceive a group wants.
Instinct & Intellect (#64)
Instinct is a problem solver, intellect is a problem seeker — only together do we act with purpose.
Self-Trust & Skepticism (Paradox Pair #63)
Skepticism is critical for success, yet to be acted upon it has to clear the high bar of our self-trust.
Novel & Familiar (#62)
When creating something new, the best choice may be to incorporate some of the familiar to ease the cognitive burden of the novel.
One & Many, Bildung Part 3 (#61)
The Circles of Belonging represent the increasingly larger and complex communities we contribute to as we grow.