The Decision Papers

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    I.25 — From Thought to Proof: How Leaders Move Before the Evidence Is Ready

    “Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.” — Novalis In 1854, a London doctor asked a parish council to do something that sounded like superstition: take the handle off the Broad Street water pump. Cholera was killing the neighbourhood, and everyone knew it came from bad air. Germ theory was unproven. The bacterium…

    The Decision Papers