Bullet points...

• Type II fun connoisseur
• OSS enthusiast
• Practical philosopher

You should read...

• The Eternal Enemy: Complexity
• The Demon-Haunted World
• The Scout Mindset
• Thinking in Systems
• The Phoenix Project
• Chesterton’s fence
• Goodhart’s law
• Conway’s law
• The parable of the two watchmakers
• How to Disagree
• You Ain't Gonna Need It
• Why You Should Stop Reading News
• The Book of Five Rings
• Extreme Ownership
• Thinking From First Principles
• Kolmogorov Complexity
• The World is Underpopulated

You should watch...

• Common mistakes that every engineer makes
• Building computers from cellular automota
• How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster
  • A reminder that failure is a normal and expected part of forward progress
• Elon Musk talking about design process whilst giving Tim Dodd a tour of starbase
  1. Make requirements less dumb - your requirements are dumb.
  2. Delete part or process - Cut a lot, add back if needed
  3. Simplify or optimize - don't optimize what shouldn't exist.
  4. Accelerate cycle time - once you got 1-3 done, go faster
  5. Automate