From Sole Porcupine, 13 Years ago, written in Plain Text.
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  1. To succeed, you have to try more stuff than the other guy—fast.
  2. If you try more stuff in a hurry, you’ll make lots of mistakes. (It’s an Iron Law of Nature.)
  3. Hence, screwing up a lot is a very good sign of progress—perhaps the only sure sign.
  4. If we aim to (more or less) maximize screw-ups, then we must do more than “tolerate” screw-ups.
  5. We must “encourage” screw-ups.
  6. We must CEL-E-BRATE screw-ups!