Bad Strategy, Perfectly executed

Apr 27

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It's a waste to fret about the dosage before deciding that taking the meds are a good idea in the first place.

We'd get far more agreement on what the high school math curriculum should be if we asked the north-star question: what is school for?

For small, individual or large, culture-changing decisions, answering foundational questions are the only reliable way to make smart decisions downstream. Hard work still matters of course. But how hard will you work to climb a ladder before asking if it's leaning up against the right wall?

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