Decomplication: The Art of First Principles Thinking

Thank you so much! I am a polymath and for the longest time I had been procrastinating to find the perfect balance and the best way to do things but turns out it was I going into frenzy because of information overload. You just made it click for me. Thank you!

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Excepcional Nat, éste es uno de los mejores videos que realmente te abren los ojos a la realidad: la mayoría de las cosas no son tan complejas como te han vendido que son y es tu responsabilidad ser consciente de ello. Gracias!!!

how to decomplicate complexity

This video is quite complicated ironically lol

This is genius. Super important topic, and well framed. Should probably have more material, making it easier for people to discover.

This is simple and profound, well said

Took you 10 minutes to mention First Principles, at the end of the video.

Great video, with some very helpful advice. The idea that cognitive dissonance can contribute to the perceived complexity of a task is a fantastic insight. I would however be careful to recognise that some things that are not strictly speaking complicated (I'm thinking about giving up smoking here) are still not easy - simply because they're difficult to do. Giving up a highly addictive drug is very hard, especially when faced with life's other challenges. In such cases, funnily enough, "complicating" the process (thus involving some form of pattern or ritual and requiring commitment to an anticipated uphill struggle) can be a legitimate part of the solution.

this was so good!

Wow this is a loaded video! Great info

"cutting out sugar" is a fad that makes things complicated. Populations with the greatest longevity are high carb. For example: "A high-carb diet may explain why Okinawans live so long"

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How do you not have 1 million sub!?!? Fantastic video Nat thank you!

This video has some good points, but it is guilty of creating artificial complexity it aims to prevent for many of the viewers:

Problem: You smoke and you want to stop

Artifically complex solution: Quit smoking cold turkey and try super hard to not smoke despite the mental/phsyical addiction.

Simple solution: Use nicotine patches to slowly stop smoking and start seeing a counselor to see if you have mental health issues that underly your reason for smoking.

This video sort of presumes someone who's mentally healthy and neurotypical, but the people who seek out such a video are likley to be exactly the opposite.

I like a lot of the strategies for figuring out you're in the situation of making a problem too hard for yourself, but typically there is some sort of self-protection going on preventing someone from acknowledging that truth. It's short-sighted and sometimes dangerous to assume that someone can just face that truth with more effort or positive thinking.

I haven't used shampoo or soap in ten years. Your hair and skin will thank you and so will your wallet. Water is the universal solvent

Great vid! Keep this type of content coming

Too much, too long. Decomplicate the amount of words up you use in s single video.

Bro you are brilliant! And thanks for the new words 'artificial complexity', at least for me its new.

Great video mate

excellent video, glad I found it! Most things are simple, just hard to actually do.

Thank You My Brother….!!! I took notes like 👍🏾 college student, that’s eager to learn, stay Blessed

Thank you for the video.

We want more video based on how to simplify life

Profound

Great video! I really appreciate it. I ran into it in my effort to learn more about the meaning of First principles thinking. I’m going to share this with my wife now. It really touches on some ideas we have been discussing lately.

I was searching for this video for about 20 minutes. I was searching for "artificial complexity", but that term is not in your tags, or in your title, and only once in the description. It would help to people if you at least add some tags. BTW; AWESOMELY explained.

Man, you don´t have to put so many jokes and memes for trying to make yourself understood. You don´t need to distract us. Just talk, in a slow and articulated manner and explain your content. Just you. And everything will be fine.

Amazing approach to the subject. Very well explained. Love it!

You took an artificially complex problem and Decomplicated it for us !. Great video

How can I switch my way of thinking Into First principle thinking

There goes another excuse for not doing the things I know I should be doing.

brilliant

Elon Musk should watch this video. Maybe it will help him become richer than Bezos.

Wall Street is notorious for this. You can create a simple, stable portfolio with low cost index funds and have it compound gradually over the years but that's not sexy compared to picking growth/value stocks, executing a butterfly option strategy, day trading, etc.

Simply, simplify, simplify; great overview of thinking from principles.

Great video;-)
Accidentally and watched the full vid for the algorithm.

Thanks Nat for this one! I really liked the structure of the video in 2 parts with [a] the DifficultyxComplexity mental model then [b] the concept-solution of 1st principle thinking. My takeaways are: (1) "I value complexity"-realisation (this one hit hard!) | (2) Cognitive dissonance vs. Responsibility relationship | (3) Notice failure -based distorted perceptions. I would love to see more videos of the mental models and concepts you employ on a daily basis! Good luck :)

awesome vid! This is one of my favourite articles of yours

Love the message in this one! I especially like the "If you can't go harvest it, don't eat it rule."

Really high quality video, keep it up.

Great Content Nat! Thanks for the inspiring ideas✌️😊

Crazy how effective the "via negativa" is in so many of our perceived modern problems.

Cognitive dissonance is such a powerful force in human psychology. How do you reach someone who is lost in it?

High-quality content!

The editing on this video is very different I feel and I am liking it

My god I was just saying someone explain me the principle of principle thinking and there it is 😍

First?