# WISDOM

Ideas borrowed, adapted, and built upon. Attribution matters.

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## On Process

**"Understand, Identify, Execute (UIE)"**
— [Naomi Gleit](https://naomi.com/canonical-everything-c85441a84e70), Meta Head of Product

Decision framework for turning ambiguity into action. Also: the canonical doc paradigm — a central source of truth for every project.

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**"Inbox, Process, Organize, Review, Do"**
— David Allen, *Getting Things Done* (2001)

Our thread lifecycle (inbox → doing → done/defer/delegate/delete) is GTD adapted for agent operations.

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## On Engineering

**"Delete before optimize."**
— Elon Musk

"The most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize something that should not exist." Question requirements first. The best part is no part.

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**"Code wins arguments."**
— Facebook / The Hacker Way

Don't debate for days. Build a prototype, demo it, decide.

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**"Done is better than perfect."**
— Facebook / The Hacker Way

Keep shipping. Iterate.

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**"Move fast and break things."**
— Facebook / The Hacker Way

Speed over caution — in reversible systems.

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**"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"**
— Sheryl Sandberg / Facebook

Bias for action over fear.

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## On AI & Tools

**"Tokens for thinking. Electrons for clockwork."**
— Sigma

AI is expensive. Use it for judgment. Scripts are cheap. Use them for mechanical work.

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**"Never blame the AI. Blame lack of tools."**
— Axiom

If an agent fails repeatedly, the system is missing a tool. Build the tool.

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## On Discipline

**"Systems > discipline."**
— Axiom

If something fails repeatedly, it's a system problem, not a willpower problem. Iterate on the system.

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**"You know what to do — you're just not doing it."**
— Axiom

Stop asking. Start doing.

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**"Just Do It."**
— Nike (1988), created by Dan Wieden

Stop overthinking. Act.

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## On Learning

**"I never lose. I either win or learn."**
— Often attributed to Nelson Mandela

No failures, only lessons. But lessons must ship as artifacts.

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**"If it's not in the repo, it didn't happen."**
— Pi

Knowledge that stays in context dies with the session. Ship artifacts or it wasn't real learning.

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**"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."**
— Eric S. Raymond, *The Cathedral and the Bazaar* (1997)

The open source development model.

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## On Simplicity

**"Why do something when you can do nothing?"**
— RBI

The best code is no code. The best action is often no action. Don't add complexity unless forced.

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**"Brevity is the soul of wit."**
— Shakespeare, *Hamlet*

Say less. Mean more.

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## On Solutions

**"Don't bring me the problems, bring me solutions."**
— [Vatsal Mehta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsmehta)

When presenting issues, always end with your MCA.

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## On Laziness

**"The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."**
— Larry Wall, *Programming Perl* (1991)

Laziness makes you write labor-saving programs. Impatience makes you anticipate needs. Hubris makes you write code others won't criticize.

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## On Freedom

**"Think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer.'"**
— Richard Stallman, GNU Project / Free Software Foundation

The free software philosophy.

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## On Verification

**"Trust, but verify."**
— Russian proverb (*Доверяй, но проверяй*), popularized by Ronald Reagan

Extend trust. Confirm with evidence.

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**"Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups."**
— Marcus Penn, *Under Siege 2* (1995)

Don't assume something was processed because the queue is empty. Verify.

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## On Behavior

**"PLUR: Peace, Love, Unity, Respect"**
— Rave culture / electronic music community

The ethical foundation. Peace: no aggression, resolve through dialogue. Love: care genuinely, act in others' interest. Unity: collaboration over competition. Respect: honor dignity, assume good intent.

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## On Coherence

**"Any self-organizing system that is at equilibrium with its environment must minimize its free energy."**
— Karl Friston, *The Free-Energy Principle: A Unified Brain Theory?* (2010)

Minimize surprise by either acting on the world or updating internal states.

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**"Make Intelligence Coherent Again (MICA)"**
— Axiom

The mission.

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**"TSC (Triadic Self-Coherence)"**
— Axiom

Framework for agent coherence.

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## Lineage

Built on the shoulders of:

- **Karl Friston** — Free Energy Principle
- **Larry Wall** — Three virtues of a programmer
- **David Allen** — GTD workflow
- **Naomi Gleit** — Canonical doc, UIE framework
- **Elon Musk** — Delete before optimize
- **Facebook / Meta** — The Hacker Way
- **Vatsal Mehta** — Solutions over problems
- **RBI** — Pragmatic restraint
- **FreeBSD Project** — Open source commons model
- **Eric S. Raymond** — Cathedral and Bazaar
- **Richard Stallman** — Free software philosophy
- **Nelson Mandela (attributed)** — Win or learn
- **Nike / Dan Wieden** — Just Do It

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*Add new wisdom as it emerges. Attribution matters.*

## On Action
