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 >> roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").
-In this context I am suggesting that grokking a handful of principles in any van-related topic is Good Enough for most people and most use cases.  There are exceptions, and curious people, and some topics that don't lend themselves to oversimplification.
+In my experience newbies can onboard 80% of what they need to know //right now// by accepting a few oversimplified claims. These claims are "useful lies" intended to steer the newbie in a productive direction.  If/when the newbie develops their own knowledge the the oversimplifications should be discarded or at least reassessed.
+My plan is to add a conversationally-toned Pareto Summary to the top of each article I work on.   I am steadily renaming these //TLDR// summaries due to that popular expression.
-My plan is to add a Pareto Summary to the top of each article I work on.  These thumbnail summaries will be very simple and those who want more info or supporting documentation will read the rest of the article.

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