Arrogant Dragon
Updated 2026-08-10
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
Arrogant Dragon comes from the top line of the first hexagram of the I Ching, Qian, which reads that the dragon flying too high will have cause for regret. Its core proposition is that extreme height severs the flow of honest information, so the person at the summit loses the feedback that made the ascent possible. The key qualifier is that the danger comes from isolation rather than from success itself, which means the remedy is deliberate reconnection rather than renunciation of the position.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Height check: notice when your position has quietly removed you from all first-hand information. - Downward motion: deliberately re-enter the level where the real operational work actually gets done. - Feedback design: build channels that reliably bring unwelcome news all the way to the top.
Anchor fast decisions
People filter information upward, and the higher the position the more filters intervene and the stronger the incentive to please. Decisions made from filtered information diverge from reality until a surprise corrects them, and by then the correction is expensive. Contact with the operational level restores the raw signal, which is why the warning is about altitude rather than ability.
MINIMUM ACTION
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