> [!tldr] The distillation of a concept or [[Principles (index)|principle]] does not necessarily transfer across people [[Distillation]] is the act of separating the wheat from the chaff. Do this enough and you ultimately boil down to the true *essence* of whatever the thing is - and that essence should typically fit on an [[Index Card Rules|Index Card]]. So why do whole books exist? Why do [[Large Language Models|LLMs]] pump out huge volumes of text? The issue is, the distillation of *whatever* itself isn't enough to actually understand what the distillation *means*. ## Examples ### [[Simpler Better]] My ultimate distillation of the the value of [[Simplicity]]. Arrived at through falling down multitudes of rabbit holes of complexity. Sort of the Neils Bohr quote: [[An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a narrow field.]] The problem is: "Simpler Better" means *nothing* to most people. To me, it's [[Enough is Hard to Recognize|enough]]. But you have to have the experience to recognize [[Simple is Maintainable|Complexity is the Enemy]]. ### [[Eat Food - Not Too Much - Mostly Plants]] A distillation of healthy eating boils down to: "[[Eat Food - Not Too Much - Mostly Plants]]" ...but that distillation alone doesn't tell the average person enough to be actionable. **** # More ## Source - self