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Let's reason like Elon Musk
Let's make a list of assumptions that are shared in an industry and reason from first principles if they are right. In that way we can determine which industries should be out-innovated.
Examples:
* Car industry -> combustion engines are the best -> First principles: electric engines are more efficient. => Tesla Motors
* Space industry -> outsourcing makes sense (since we like to wear suits) -> First principles: it is more expensive and not efficient. => SpaceX
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoFood processing: assumption: people do not want to know what goes into their food. Reality: people want to make an informed decision on the price and provenance of their food -> food tracking systems, starting with farms and migrating from there - probably using invoices to track what goes where? Hard to see a workable solution Others?
- kirk21 14y ago* Fusion research -> We should build big experiments (eg. ITER) -> First principles: if it takes years to start the experiment, you'll lose momentum. * Construction industry -> We should reduce the number of lanes so we can work -> First principles: using prefab roadblocks could speed up the work (cfr. comment of Elon Musk in an interview) * Agriculture -> We should produce more -> First principles: the approach should be adjusted to the weather forecasts