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#148 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
How to Avoid Counterintuitive Stepping Stones in Decision Making
The speaker believes that ideas that make too much sense are not exciting enough because they are likely to be followed by someone else. Instead, they prefer counterintuitive ideas that initially seem strange and don't make sense. These ideas are more likely to lead to something revolutionary. The notion that to achieve our highest goals, we should be willing to abandon them also initially sounds nonsensical but can make sense in hindsight. The speaker finds these unconventional ideas more exciting because they are less likely to be pursued by others.
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