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by nvader 1918 days ago
There is not even an anecdote here, just folksy hearsay that has been debunked in aviation. See this article on Spatial Disorientation, especially the section on the Graveyard Spiral.

https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media...

You would probably agree that the point of a start-up is to learn, i.e. to validate hypotheses as quickly as possible. That's what KPIs are meant to track.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Rubik's cubes or 99% of complex challenges". Do you mean actual Rubik's cubes? Are they not fairly well-understood now? Here's a 3-year-old girl solving a Rubik's Cube in 47 seconds. That's a pretty clear Key Performance Indicator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqnJEwcNDuM