Reading between the lines, it sounds like what you should do is make it as easy as possible to pivot early in your research process... Lowering the temperature

Reading between the lines, it sounds like what you should do is make it as easy as possible to pivot early in your research process... Lowering the temperature and increasing the activation energy over time as you find the black swan. Concretely: * Socialize that you plan to frequently reevaluate and that don't get too attached to an idea * Don't spend time automating while you're just testing ideas out * When you do automate, make sure it's there so the cost of switching to a new idea is as close to 0 as possible.