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Choosing Important Problems

High Performance & Learning · Richard Hamming

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The most important decision in any career or research agenda is which problems to work on. Working hard on the wrong problem is worse than working moderately on the right one.

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Faster Than Normal. “Choosing Important Problems Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/choosing-important-problems. Accessed 2026.

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