First Principles: How Elon Musk Solves Problems

In a competitive market, it is important to challenge conventional wisdom to broaden our horizons.

Reasoning from first principles does just that by asking "why?" By questioning EVERYTHING, it is possible to remove assumptions in order to deal with a problem in its most fundamental form.

This approach has been central to Space X's Elon Musk's method of problem-solving, and has helped him to achieve the "impossible".

Find out how in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

• _Critique of Pure Reason_ by Immanuel Kant
• _First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country_ by Thomas E Ricks

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0:00 Introduction
0:48 Reasoning from first principles
1:38 SpaceX example
3:17 Conclusion

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