John List

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Because in the past, it was move fast and break things, throw spaghetti against the wall, whatever sticks, cook it, fake it till you make it. And what I'm adding here is we need science to figure out which ideas are truly scalable.

Because in the past, it was move fast and break things, throw spaghetti against the wall, whatever sticks, cook it, fake it till you make it. And what I'm adding here is we need science to figure out which ideas are truly scalable.

Because in the past, it was move fast and break things, throw spaghetti against the wall, whatever sticks, cook it, fake it till you make it. And what I'm adding here is we need science to figure out which ideas are truly scalable.

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So I started an early childhood program in Chicago Heights, whereby I had teachers teach three, four, and five-year-olds. And those three, four, and five-year-olds learned a lot within six or 12 months. Now, the problem with that program is when I try to scale it, when I originally did the program, I hired 30 really good teachers.

So I started an early childhood program in Chicago Heights, whereby I had teachers teach three, four, and five-year-olds. And those three, four, and five-year-olds learned a lot within six or 12 months. Now, the problem with that program is when I try to scale it, when I originally did the program, I hired 30 really good teachers.

So I started an early childhood program in Chicago Heights, whereby I had teachers teach three, four, and five-year-olds. And those three, four, and five-year-olds learned a lot within six or 12 months. Now, the problem with that program is when I try to scale it, when I originally did the program, I hired 30 really good teachers.

But when I scale it up, I might have to hire 30,000 really good teachers. So that's a very difficult chore compared to when I hired 30. So that idea is not very scalable. What I should make sure to do in the original study is to have teachers who I can hire at scale and make sure my program works with those kinds of teachers. That's one way to think about scalability.

But when I scale it up, I might have to hire 30,000 really good teachers. So that's a very difficult chore compared to when I hired 30. So that idea is not very scalable. What I should make sure to do in the original study is to have teachers who I can hire at scale and make sure my program works with those kinds of teachers. That's one way to think about scalability.

But when I scale it up, I might have to hire 30,000 really good teachers. So that's a very difficult chore compared to when I hired 30. So that idea is not very scalable. What I should make sure to do in the original study is to have teachers who I can hire at scale and make sure my program works with those kinds of teachers. That's one way to think about scalability.

would still work that's scalable i think that's right but it's also true that unique humans themselves don't scale and the reason why is because they're unique for a reason and it's difficult to teach other people to be unique so in a way if one of the important elements of your idea is something that you just can't get at scale It will never scale.

would still work that's scalable i think that's right but it's also true that unique humans themselves don't scale and the reason why is because they're unique for a reason and it's difficult to teach other people to be unique so in a way if one of the important elements of your idea is something that you just can't get at scale It will never scale.

would still work that's scalable i think that's right but it's also true that unique humans themselves don't scale and the reason why is because they're unique for a reason and it's difficult to teach other people to be unique so in a way if one of the important elements of your idea is something that you just can't get at scale It will never scale.

So let's take ourselves back to the polio vaccination and let's think what Jonas Salk did. What Jonas Salk did is he had an idea about a vaccination that could handle polio. So what he did is he tested it out on his own children to start. And then he tested again to make sure that the original results were not a false positive.

So let's take ourselves back to the polio vaccination and let's think what Jonas Salk did. What Jonas Salk did is he had an idea about a vaccination that could handle polio. So what he did is he tested it out on his own children to start. And then he tested again to make sure that the original results were not a false positive.