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First Principles: How to think like Tesla CEO Elon Musk [Video]

First Principles: How to think like Tesla CEO Elon Musk [Video]

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"I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. So I said, OK, letā€™s look at the first principles. What is a rocket made of? Aerospace-grade aluminum alloys, plus some titanium, copper, and carbon fiber. And then I asked, what is the value of those materials on the commodity market? It turned out that the materials cost of a rocket was around 2 percent of the typical priceā€”which is a crazy ratio for a large mechanical product."

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The Two Types of Thinking

The Two Types of Thinking

Comparison thinking:Ā comes up with solutions based on pre-existing ideas. It is the way we normally think but it also limits the solutions to possible permutations of what already exists.

First principles thinking:Ā starts free of preconceptions by studying the fundamentals of something and then working your way to a new thing. This helps you understand complex problems.

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