Second and Third Thoughts
Pundits, politicians, hustlers, unethical marketers, hucksters and grifters seek to manipulate people every day.
Manipulation is pushing for a change that benefits the manipulator, not us. It’s often based on misinformation. Mostly, the test for manipulation is: “if you knew what they know, would you be happy to do what they’re asking?”
Source: Are you being manipulated?
The metaphor is pretty clear: more data isn’t always better. In fact, in many cases, it’s a costly distraction or even a chance to get the important stuff wrong.
Here are the three principles:
First, don’t collect data unless it has a non-zero chance of changing your actions.
Second, before you seek to collect data, consider the costs of processing that data.
Third, acknowledge that data collected isn’t always accurate, and consider the costs of acting on data that’s incorrect.
Strip away all insignificant digits.
Source: Data is expensive
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You don’t need to read many reviews to realize that the correlation between price and satisfaction isn’t what you might have guessed. It’s super rare for someone to write, “…
Source: Price and satisfaction
Amazing how many “reviewees” don’t understand this.
Seth’s Blog: Declaring victory.
Continuing the theme of getting things done: Seth talks about knowing when it’s over.
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