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The Sarumans and The Radagasts
The two worldviews have two different magics that have inherently different animating logic at their cores
Jakub Chodounsky
August 12, 2024
The Sarumans and The Radagasts
31 minutes by Alex Komoroske
There are two opposing worldviews about how to make interesting things happen in the world: how to develop and exercise power. Power is magic. Magic is a subtle, ethereal thing. It can be hard to pin down and study, which makes it easy to erroneously conclude that it is not real or is not important.
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Humans >> Data
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Looking at numbers is one way to pay attention, but it’s a limited, biased, & temporary way. There is no perfectly balanced set of metrics that will “drive” better behavior. As soon as such a set is introduced, clever folks will begin to subvert the numbers to their own benefit.
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Goal cascades are compelling, but they don’t work nearly as well as we think they do.
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Compress the concept by repeatedly practicing explaining it until you understand it from first principles.
Standardizing
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Standardizing things feels productive, like cleaning up a messy room, and is a go-to move for leaders when they don’t know exactly what to do next.
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