Comment on My General Operating Principles: 37 Principles for Making Hard Decisions by Steffen

Great article, Taylor!

How do you reconcile:
“32. I believe in the power of radical focus. I say no to 99 out of 100 great opportunities.”
and
“37. I optimize for optionality. I recognize the Extremistan nature of modernity and act accordingly.”
?

I found myself struggling with that quite a bit.
Another way to put it might be:
How do you reconcile Thiel’s definite optimism with a complex world, where basically nothing is predictable?