Scientific Definition
A combination of complementary skills that produces compounding advantage greater than the sum of parts.
Plain-English Definition
A combination of complementary skills that produces compounding advantage greater than the sum of parts.
Feynman Explanation
Specialists max out. Stackers compound.
Core Principle
A combination of complementary skills that produces compounding advantage greater than the sum of parts.
Mechanisms
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A combination of complementary skills that produces compounding advantage greater than the sum of parts.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Specialists max out. Stackers compound.
Examples
- Scott Adams: ordinary drawing + ordinary humor + ordinary business knowledge = Dilbert.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Each new skill should multiply, not just add. Pick skills that 10x the ones you have.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Each new skill should multiply, not just add. Pick skills that 10x the ones you have.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
A problem whose solution requires people to change their values, beliefs, or habits — not just apply expertise.
Holding a different — and correct — set of tools than everyone else.
Someone who incites others to take illegal or rash action, often to expose or discredit them.
Sun Tzu's ancient treatise on strategy, deception, and positioning.
Conflict between belligerents with very different resources and tactics.
Start from the desired future and work backward to the steps that make it inevitable.
Winning the disputed population, not just defeating the visible opponent.
Countering hostile narratives with truthful, well-timed alternatives.
Sort situations into Clear, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic, or Confused — each needs a different response.
Eroding the will to act, even when capacity remains.
Munger's principle: the surest way to get something is to deserve it.