Found some laws in [1]. I thought I should write them down.
Parkinson's Law
Working spans to fill the time you give it. Shrink the deadline, shrink the task.
Hofstadter's Law
Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you account for Hofstadter's law.
Hanlon's Razor
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by carelessness or stupidity.
The Pareto Principle (80/20)
Roughly 80% of the result comes from 20% of the effort.
The Peter Principle
People get promoted until they reach a job they're bad at. Then they stay there.
Hick's Law
More options mean slower decisions. Cut the menu, decide fast.
Goodhart's Law
When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The less you know the more you overestimate how much you know.
Occam's Razor
The simplest explanation is usually the right one.
Chesterton's Fence
Don't tear something down, until you understand why it was built in the first place.
Brooks's Law
If you add more people to a project that is already late, it's going to be more late. Because we underestimate coordination efforts.
Addendum: Parkinson's Law of Triviality is a different well-known one (of the same Mr. Parkinson, see [2]) regarding a bicyle shed and a nuclear power plant.
References
- [1] Youtube - 11 Laws of the Universe
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DRX5JpyX0B8
- [2] Wikipedia - Law of triviality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality
