50 “Laws” of Everything

July 6, 2020

Written: July 6, 2020 | Released: August 27, 2021 (1) Parkinson's: work expands to fill the time available for its completion(2) Hofstadter's: it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law(3) Gates's: most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years(4) Goodhart's: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure(5) Hanlon's: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explain...

Eight common, slick-sounding claims that I think are misleading – and their clunky alternatives

November 3, 2018

Written: November 3, 2018 | Released: July 23, 2021 Here are eight common and slick-sounding claims that I think are misleading, along with a very clunky alternative for each that I think is truer and more useful: "You'll regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did" -> don't try to minimize the amount of regret you'll have - try to maximize the total amount of the things that you value."Opposites attract" -> birds of a feather flock together (in fact, only a few typ...