How to Think Clearly Part I: 8 Tips on Figuring Out How This World Really Works

1) You need to put yourself in a position to be unafraid of questioning everything.
2) You need to look beyond the surface.
3) You should draw conclusions based on facts, logic, and sound reasoning instead of hope, gut feeling, assumption, superstition, and dogma.
4) You should generalize.
5) You should never ignore patterns.
6) Though I say you should generalize your conclusions should be based as much as possible on actual reality.
7) Your ability to figure out how the world works relies on a top-down approach.
8) You need to put yourselves in the shoes of those at the top.