Think of entropy as the chaos, the mess, and the uncertainty inherent in building a new thing (company, product, family, etc). Just like with golf, the less strokes the better, the less entropy the better. Every industry has their own way of playing. Some industries are just better at this for obvious reasons - smarter people, less lawyers, different incentives, more reps, etc. This database serves a living list of each industry’s techniques or “big ideas” of how to manage entropy.
| Field | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
Permaculture | Most yield, least labor | |
Functionalism | Buildings are created based on their purpose and function | |
Capsule Menus | Most meals, least ingredients | |
Pareto Principle | 80% of effects come from 20% of causes | |
EOS | Most productivity, least waste | |
Capsule Wardrobe | Most outfit combinations, least clothes | |
Leverage | Most returns, least capital | |
HIIT | Most fitness gains, least time | |
Munger's Latticework | Most clear thinking, least mental models | |
Toyota Production System | Most productivity, least waste | |
Minimum Effective Dose | Least dose for desired outcome | |
Haiku | Most emotion, least words | |
Code Golf | Shortest possible code to solve a problem | |
Just-In-Time (JIT) Production | Least inventory costs by bringing materials in only as needed |