Lessons Learned

Format

Each lesson:

• Source — which decision(s) produced it
• Surprise — what happened that we didn’t expect
• Principle affected — which principle was challenged
• Revision — how the principle should be updated
• Date learned — when the lesson was distilled

Lessons

[YYYY-MM-DD] [Title]

Source: [[reflection/decisions#|Decision …]]
Surprise: …
Principle: …
Revision: …

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Categories

Regime misclassification

When we misread the macro regime

Principle overgeneralization

When a principle worked in one context but failed in another

Timing errors

When direction was right but timing was wrong

Unknown unknowns

When something we weren’t tracking mattered more than expected

Connection to Dalio Branch

Lessons feed back into the main wiki as:

• Updated atoms with new context
• New atoms for emergent patterns
• Tension callouts where principles conflict