Thus was Leonardo spared from being trained to accept dusty Scholasticism or the medieval dogmas that had accumulated in the centuries since the decline of classical science and original thinking. His lack of reverence for authority and his willingness to challenge received wisdom would lead him to craft an empirical approach for understanding nature that foreshadowed the scientific method developed more than a century later by Bacon and Galileo. His method was rooted in experiment, curiosity, and the ability to marvel at phenomena that the rest of us rarely pause to ponder after we’ve outgrown our wonder years.
Rebel Circuits
Rule-breaking as path to understanding.
Father Wound
Absent fathers forged titan ambition through unmet longing.
Necessary Drag
Removing friction sometimes creates chaos.
Joy Dividend
Joy became more productive than efficiency optimization.
Ideas Mate
Weak IP accelerates innovation through collaborative copying.
Perfectionist's Trap
Pursuit of perfection prevents completion.