# Shane Parrish - Brain Food: Tentative Uncertainty (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Shane Parrish]] **Full Title**:: Brain Food: Tentative Uncertainty **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.inoreader.com](https://www.inoreader.com/article/3a9c6e7a3e6465e4-brain-food-tentative-uncertainty) **Host**:: [[www.inoreader.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2022-03-13]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - He said, “Some people keep asking for more information and what they’re trying to do is drive uncertainty to zero so that there’s really not a question on the right course of action because you know everything.” But you can’t do that. It’s not achievable. So they become hesitant. They become tentative, and they become focused on getting more and more information to ratchet the uncertainty out of the situation and they don’t act. - What appears to be luck is often preparation and patience.