1st Principles

Subject

Accounting

Recording transactions and reporting financial position with rules.

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Topics

Foundations

Orientation and shared vocabulary for this subject.

Application

Constraints in real jobs in Accounting

Constraints in real jobs as it applies to Accounting.

Cost and benefit in Accounting

Cost and benefit as it applies to Accounting.

Failure modes in Accounting

Failure modes as it applies to Accounting.

Implementation steps in Accounting

Implementation steps as it applies to Accounting.

Maintenance over time in Accounting

Maintenance over time as it applies to Accounting.

Problem framing in Accounting

Problem framing as it applies to Accounting.

Risk in Accounting

Risk as it applies to Accounting.

Scaling up in Accounting

Scaling up as it applies to Accounting.

Stakeholders in Accounting

Stakeholders as it applies to Accounting.

Trade-offs in Accounting

Trade-offs as it applies to Accounting.

Communication

Cross-disciplinary talk in Accounting

Cross-disciplinary talk as it applies to Accounting.

Explaining to beginners in Accounting

Explaining to beginners as it applies to Accounting.

Media coverage in Accounting

Media coverage as it applies to Accounting.

Open questions in Accounting

Open questions as it applies to Accounting.

Policy briefs in Accounting

Policy briefs as it applies to Accounting.

Presentations in Accounting

Presentations as it applies to Accounting.

Public controversy in Accounting

Public controversy as it applies to Accounting.

Teaching others in Accounting

Teaching others as it applies to Accounting.

Visuals that teach in Accounting

Visuals that teach as it applies to Accounting.

Writing clear summaries in Accounting

Writing clear summaries as it applies to Accounting.

Comparison

Analogies from other fields in Accounting

Analogies from other fields as it applies to Accounting.

Common confusions in Accounting

Common confusions as it applies to Accounting.

Competing models in Accounting

Competing models as it applies to Accounting.

Consensus areas in Accounting

Consensus areas as it applies to Accounting.

Debates that matter in Accounting

Debates that matter as it applies to Accounting.

Historical shifts in Accounting

Historical shifts as it applies to Accounting.

Interdisciplinary links in Accounting

Interdisciplinary links as it applies to Accounting.

Regional differences in Accounting

Regional differences as it applies to Accounting.

Schools of thought in Accounting

Schools of thought as it applies to Accounting.

Translation of terms in Accounting

Translation of terms as it applies to Accounting.

Context

Climate and environment in Accounting

Climate and environment as it applies to Accounting.

Demographics in Accounting

Demographics as it applies to Accounting.

Equity and access in Accounting

Equity and access as it applies to Accounting.

Funding in Accounting

Funding as it applies to Accounting.

Future scenarios in Accounting

Future scenarios as it applies to Accounting.

Global trends in Accounting

Global trends as it applies to Accounting.

Institutions in Accounting

Institutions as it applies to Accounting.

Regulation in Accounting

Regulation as it applies to Accounting.

Social impact in Accounting

Social impact as it applies to Accounting.

Technology change in Accounting

Technology change as it applies to Accounting.

Core ideas

Abstraction levels in Accounting

Abstraction levels as it applies to Accounting.

Cause and correlation in Accounting

Cause and correlation as it applies to Accounting.

Central definitions in Accounting

Central definitions as it applies to Accounting.

Equilibrium and change in Accounting

Equilibrium and change as it applies to Accounting.

Feedback loops in Accounting

Feedback loops as it applies to Accounting.

Laws, rules, or patterns in Accounting

Laws, rules, or patterns as it applies to Accounting.

Models and diagrams in Accounting

Models and diagrams as it applies to Accounting.

Scale: micro to macro in Accounting

Scale: micro to macro as it applies to Accounting.

Systems and parts in Accounting

Systems and parts as it applies to Accounting.

Units and measurement in Accounting

Units and measurement as it applies to Accounting.

Deep dives

Advanced preview in Accounting

Advanced preview as it applies to Accounting.

Capstone directions in Accounting

Capstone directions as it applies to Accounting.

Classic papers or texts in Accounting

Classic papers or texts as it applies to Accounting.

Edge cases in Accounting

Edge cases as it applies to Accounting.

Landmark discoveries in Accounting

Landmark discoveries as it applies to Accounting.

Minority reports in Accounting

Minority reports as it applies to Accounting.

Open research fronts in Accounting

Open research fronts as it applies to Accounting.

Paradigm shifts in Accounting

Paradigm shifts as it applies to Accounting.

Synthesis projects in Accounting

Synthesis projects as it applies to Accounting.

Where to go next in Accounting

Where to go next as it applies to Accounting.

Evidence

Anomalies in Accounting

Anomalies as it applies to Accounting.

Bias and blind spots in Accounting

Bias and blind spots as it applies to Accounting.

Case studies in Accounting

Case studies as it applies to Accounting.

Conflicting studies in Accounting

Conflicting studies as it applies to Accounting.

Data tables and charts in Accounting

Data tables and charts as it applies to Accounting.

Primary sources in Accounting

Primary sources as it applies to Accounting.

Secondary summaries in Accounting

Secondary summaries as it applies to Accounting.

Strong versus weak claims in Accounting

Strong versus weak claims as it applies to Accounting.

Triangulation in Accounting

Triangulation as it applies to Accounting.

Uncertainty language in Accounting

Uncertainty language as it applies to Accounting.

Methods

Documentation in Accounting

Documentation as it applies to Accounting.

Estimation and error in Accounting

Estimation and error as it applies to Accounting.

Ethics in method in Accounting

Ethics in method as it applies to Accounting.

Experiments and controls in Accounting

Experiments and controls as it applies to Accounting.

Observation protocols in Accounting

Observation protocols as it applies to Accounting.

Peer review in Accounting

Peer review as it applies to Accounting.

Replication in Accounting

Replication as it applies to Accounting.

Reproducible workflows in Accounting

Reproducible workflows as it applies to Accounting.

Simulation and models in Accounting

Simulation and models as it applies to Accounting.

Surveys and samples in Accounting

Surveys and samples as it applies to Accounting.

Orientation

Careers and roles in Accounting

Careers and roles as it applies to Accounting.

Everyday examples in Accounting

Everyday examples as it applies to Accounting.

History in one glance in Accounting

History in one glance as it applies to Accounting.

How claims get checked in Accounting

How claims get checked as it applies to Accounting.

Jargon worth learning first in Accounting

Jargon worth learning first as it applies to Accounting.

Objects you study in Accounting

Objects you study as it applies to Accounting.

Reading habits that stick in Accounting

Reading habits that stick as it applies to Accounting.

Tools practitioners use in Accounting

Tools practitioners use as it applies to Accounting.

What questions the field asks in Accounting

What questions the field asks as it applies to Accounting.

What the field is not in Accounting

What the field is not as it applies to Accounting.

Skills

Checklists in Accounting

Checklists as it applies to Accounting.

Collaboration norms in Accounting

Collaboration norms as it applies to Accounting.

Debugging mistakes in Accounting

Debugging mistakes as it applies to Accounting.

Hands-on practice in Accounting

Hands-on practice as it applies to Accounting.

Mentorship in Accounting

Mentorship as it applies to Accounting.

Pattern recognition in Accounting

Pattern recognition as it applies to Accounting.

Portfolio pieces in Accounting

Portfolio pieces as it applies to Accounting.

Self-assessment in Accounting

Self-assessment as it applies to Accounting.

Speed versus accuracy in Accounting

Speed versus accuracy as it applies to Accounting.

Tooling basics in Accounting

Tooling basics as it applies to Accounting.