> 1. Make the requirements less dumb. The requirements are always dumb. > 2. Delete as many of the requirements as possible. > 3. Try to delete the process step. Delete as much of the "process" step as possible. > 4. The worst mistake of smart engineers is to try to optimize a thing that shouldn't exist. > > -Elon Musk, on his approach to problem solving %% [[Elon Musk - Neuralink and the Future of Humanity#Elon's approach to problem solving]]. %%