The rationalist heuristic to figure out root causes for problems is to ask “why?” 5 times. Do not use when feeling stupid. The…
The rationalist heuristic to figure out root causes for problems is to ask “why?” 5 times. Do not use when feeling stupid.
— Venkatesh Rao (@vgr) June 29, 2018
The postrationalist heuristic to figure out root motivations for behaviors is to ask “why bother?” 5 times. Do not use when feeling depressed.