Welcome to this episode of The Daily Drive! Today, we dive into the story of the Wright brothers and how they defied the odds to create the first controlled flight. With limited resources and no formal training in aviation, Orville and Wilbur Wright approached the challenge of flight using a powerful mental model: first principles thinking. Instead of following the conventional path or mimicking others, they broke the problem down to its core components—lift, control, and power—and built a solution from the ground up. This episode explores how they questioned assumptions, experimented relentlessly, and ultimately achieved the impossible, showing how the same mindset can lead to breakthroughs in any field.
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