First principles are the fundamental building blocks in thinking and decision-making. These are core elements that are true regardless of situation and context.
Once you have a good set of first principles, you then have the elements that you need to start creating new options and new solutions that you can be confident in
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Is the act of deconstructing something to the fundamental parts that you know are true and building up from there.
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