What would Forrest do?
2026-07-22Instead of asking yourself: "What would Yoda [1] do?", you can also ask yourself: "What would Forrest Gump do?"
And depending on the situation, Forrest's answer might even be the wiser one [2].
Notes
[1] Or Buddha, Jesus, Gandhi, ... whoever you consider wise.
[2] The "scientific" term for this is retardmaxxing and was coined by Elisha Long [2.1] and popularized by Marc Andreessen [2.2].
[2.1] My favorite video by Elisha Long about retardmaxxing is this.
[2.2] I think this is the first time that Marc Andreessen mentions and explains retardmaxxing in a podcast.