Reddit mentions of Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly

This is one of the most positively influential videos I've ever personally watched. Hope you enjoy it too!

A summary might be:

>If you do not know the steps to your goal with high confidence, then do the following:
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>You can imagine that you're looking at a map, and your distant goal is somewhere on the map, but the map is blurry / not yet revealed all the way to your distant goal
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>So then identify what options you *do* know the steps to (the ones that _are_ visible on the map), and then pick the option from those that is most novel
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>This is because the more novel it is, the more likely it is to reveal large and unexpected portions of the map, potentially including the part that gives you a visible path to your distant goal
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>So when uncertain, identify the most novel thing you know how to do/achieve, and repeat that, and that's likely the best (albeit very roundabout!) route for getting to your distant not-yet-visible-path goal.

Other things along the same lines:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/how-to-cultivate-the-art-of-serendipity.html
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Obliquity-Goals-Best-Achieved-Indirectly/dp/0143120557
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484