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The Exploration Instinct
Res Extensa #63 :: How we’re wired to search for novelty
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Comfort with Contradiction
Res Extensa #62 :: The value of teaching trade-offs as a principle
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Monthly Links, March 2024
Res Extensa #61 :: The Linnaean instinct, taking action, nurturing strong foundations, and the unpredictability of working with big companies
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On Validating Product Ideas
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MIT's Building 20: a Masterpiece of Utility
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Designing from Experience, Not Expertise
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The Superpower of Small Teams
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Gall's Law: But First, Simplify
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Scenes, Pattern Languages, and Nested Systems
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Scenes, Pattern Languages, and Nested Systems
Res Extensa #60 :: On the powerful modularity of pattern languages
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Take Action, Invite Criticism
Res Extensa #59 :: What standup comics teach us about Popper’s epistemology
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Monthly Links, February 2024
Res Extensa #58 :: The prospects of geothermal power, screenshot essays, honing your craft, working with GPTs, and reducing complexity
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On Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
Res Extensa #57 :: Comparing two ways of thinking about team management
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Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity
Res Extensa #56 :: The difference between simplistic and simple
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Unpredictable Ecosystems
Res Extensa #55 :: A story about wolves, trophic cascades, and far-reaching consequences
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Monthly Links, January 2024
Res Extensa #54 :: Incremental progress, Hotelling's Law, Sinofsky on CES, ChatGPT for writing
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Res Extensa
Res Extensa
A newsletter on adaptive systems, innovation, and how we build things in the face of complexity.
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