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                                                           First principle thinking      If we have a goal / problem it’s important to learn first principles thinking because they give us a foundation on which we can build our understanding of any problem or anything in this world. Currently the person I hear talking about this most frequently is Elon Musk. The example he gave in an interview I saw related to the cost of batteries that would presumably be used in a Tesla electric vehicle. He mentioned that batteries were expensive, perhaps $600 per kilowatt of capacity, and would always be so. By looking at a battery from first principles Elon talked about asking what are the different components of a battery and what their cost may be on the commodity market. Then by purchasing these components and assembling as needed, they were able to arrive at a much reduced per battery cost. First Principle Thinking is a problem-solving approach that has been passed down through milli