Auditable thinking · 001
可审计的思考 · 001

Future-you must be able to disagree politely.

未来的你必须能礼貌地反对现在的你。

If your notes make you feel right, you’re collecting comfort—not information.

如果你的笔记只让你“感觉自己是对的”,那你收集的是安慰,而不是信息。

Claim

结论

A system is good when it helps you locate why you were wrong. A system is fragile when it only helps you justify yourself.

一个系统的价值在于:当你错了,它能帮你定位“错在哪里”。如果它只能帮你自圆其说,那它很脆弱。

Why this matters

为什么重要

  • Life rewards correct updates, not strong opinions.
  • Memory is a storyteller. Notes should be a witness.
  • Many failures are not execution failures—they are assumption failures.
  • 现实奖励的是“正确更新”,而不是“强烈立场”。
  • 记忆擅长讲故事;笔记应该更像证人。
  • 很多失败不是执行问题,而是假设崩了

A minimal template

一个最小模板

When you make a decision, write it like you expect a smart critic to read it later:

当你做决策时,把它写成“未来会被聪明的批评者审阅”的样子:

Counterexamples

反例

There are cases where “polite disagreement” is the wrong goal:

也有一些场景,“礼貌地反对”不是目标:

  • Creative work: you sometimes need protective delusion to finish a draft.
  • Emergency response: you need fast action, not perfect epistemology.
  • High-trust teams: some decisions live in shared context and don’t need full documentation every time.
  • 创作:你有时需要一点“自我保护式幻觉”来把初稿写完。
  • 应急:需要先行动,而不是先把认识论写完。
  • 高信任团队:有些决策依赖共同上下文,不需要每次都写到完美。

What would change my mind

什么会让我改变观点

  • Evidence that detailed decision notes systematically reduce speed without improving accuracy.
  • Evidence that the discipline increases anxiety without improving outcomes.
  • A better template that yields more learning per minute.
  • 证据表明:更详细的决策记录系统性拖慢速度,却没有提高正确率。
  • 证据表明:这种纪律主要提升焦虑,却没有改善结果。
  • 出现更好的模板:单位时间带来更多学习与校准。
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