Big believer in this. I think impulsively making radical/high risk changes in life is usually not a great idea -- you sometimes meet people who follow their intuition over a cliff.
But there's always a safe and reasonable way to start any idea. I like the story of Elon Musk making spreadsheets while inviting rocket scientists to hang out as the first step towards SpaceX.
Modern cities are the tyranny of experts. All these panels and rules and processes are Henry Ford's nightmare projected onto the built environment.
Definitely. It's always a fine line between recklessness and "taking the leap"
Love this quote from Buffett on decentralization, I know Henry Ford would feel the same (at least decentralization of decision making authority/experimentation in the factory):
All organizational structures pose trade-offs. Decentralization allows for efficient and effective decision-making by managers closest to the issue. It runs the risk, however, of erroneous decision-making, too. But Buffett justifies it: “We would rather suffer the visible costs of a few bad decisions than incur the many invisible costs that come from decisions made too slowly — or not at all — because of a stifling bureaucracy.”
What kills cities is everything that doesn't get done. Or worse, is never even attempted because of what stands in the way of trying anything new.
Big believer in this. I think impulsively making radical/high risk changes in life is usually not a great idea -- you sometimes meet people who follow their intuition over a cliff.
But there's always a safe and reasonable way to start any idea. I like the story of Elon Musk making spreadsheets while inviting rocket scientists to hang out as the first step towards SpaceX.
Modern cities are the tyranny of experts. All these panels and rules and processes are Henry Ford's nightmare projected onto the built environment.
Definitely. It's always a fine line between recklessness and "taking the leap"
Love this quote from Buffett on decentralization, I know Henry Ford would feel the same (at least decentralization of decision making authority/experimentation in the factory):
All organizational structures pose trade-offs. Decentralization allows for efficient and effective decision-making by managers closest to the issue. It runs the risk, however, of erroneous decision-making, too. But Buffett justifies it: “We would rather suffer the visible costs of a few bad decisions than incur the many invisible costs that come from decisions made too slowly — or not at all — because of a stifling bureaucracy.”
What kills cities is everything that doesn't get done. Or worse, is never even attempted because of what stands in the way of trying anything new.
Another banger