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Anchor Your Ideas in Facts

Joshua Hoffman, Zymergen

Zymergen’s Joshua Hoffman talks about the importance of learning how to reason from first principles, and not basing your actions simply on what has worked before. By going “up a layer of abstraction” and thinking theoretically, you can rise above a problem and see your way out of it. He says this approach should be supplemented by diving deep into your data.