The School of Fish strategy
Just repeat what everyone else is saying. If it's proven wrong, well, everyone was wrong together. The establishment's consensus algorithm. Works until falsified by the outside world.
Just repeat what everyone else is saying. If it's proven wrong, well, everyone was wrong together. The establishment's consensus algorithm. Works until falsified by the outside world.
When is the School of Fish Strategy less effective?
In engineering, business, and war. The ability to manufacture consensus *within* your social network only partially overlaps with the skills necessary to build products, sell products, and win wars.
In engineering, business, and war. The ability to manufacture consensus *within* your social network only partially overlaps with the skills necessary to build products, sell products, and win wars.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1429453342447599617
Consensus is still fairly important in those areas. You do need to manage teams.
But it's related to the distinction between political truths and technical truths. Is it true if others think it’s true? Or is it true regardless of what people think?
But it's related to the distinction between political truths and technical truths. Is it true if others think it’s true? Or is it true regardless of what people think?
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1235937299613048832
It's related to questions around talent evaluation, credential issuance, and scarcity itself.
The richer a society gets, the farther it is from the frontier, the more divorced its laurels are from empirical results.
cc @RichardHanania
The richer a society gets, the farther it is from the frontier, the more divorced its laurels are from empirical results.
cc @RichardHanania
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