What Everyone Gets Wrong About Continuous Improvement | Daily Essay
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The drugs were killing people. In April 1989 the safety board stopped the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial. Testing an assumption exposes you to temporary downside to discover what actually works. Featuring: Annie Duke, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Stewart Brand, Lewis Carroll, Orville Wright, Otto Lilienthal, Ignaz Semmelweis, Roberto Goizueta Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial gets halted (00:44) A high-converting email page and the cost of split tests (01:27) Why leaving a working system alone feels safer (01:38) Leigh Van Valen and the Red Queen principle (02:24) Most experiments pay nothing Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
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The drugs were killing people. In April 1989 the safety board stopped the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial. Testing an assumption exposes you to temporary downside to discover what actually works.
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