Constraints tend to accumulate.

· Bits and Bobs 1/19/26
  • Constraints tend to accumulate.
    • Some of them, it will turn out, aren't as important as you originally thought.
    • Removing a constraint changes the game.
      • An extremely high leverage move if you can do it.
    • Deciding to remove a constraint typically comes from the outside.
      • For example a person you respect looking in from the balcony asking a question that seems obvious at first but makes you think.
      • Or external conditions kicking you back on your butt and forcing a rethink.