Due to our fundamental uncertainty, we cannot predict the…

Due to our fundamental uncertainty, we cannot predict the future, so it makes sense to plan in a way that gives us the most flexibility. Any form of margin that we discussed previously can be thought of as a way to increase our flexibility in the face of uncertainty.

— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Practical Uncertainty: Useful Ideas in Decision-Making, Risk, Randomness, and AI by Hossei

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Adaptability is, at bottom, emotional agility, and it grows from the same root as a growth mindset — the cognitive flexibility to reappraise a situation and see it in a different light. Plan for it, too: because you cannot predict the future, build margins and flexibility into your plans so a single shock cannot sink you. And remember the lesson of the geological fault — communities and people that are rigid, that cannot make room for their own weak points, do not bend under pressure; they crack. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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