Daniel Stih

Helping people think clearly and solve hard problems.

 

Hi, I'm Daniel Stih.

I'm an engineer, first-ascent mountain climber, author, and host of The Daniel Stih Podcast.

I've investigated problems ranging from engineering and software development to indoor air quality and mold, to economics and human behavior.

What connects them is a way of thinking: asking better questions, challenging assumptions, and recognizing how the way a problem is defined shapes the solutions we pursue.

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Questions worth asking. Assumptions worth examining.

Technology • Health • Climate • Society & Politics • Economics • Work • Human Behavior • Claims & Evidence

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What Shaped How I Think

 My background spans domains where failure is expensive and explanations have to survive contact with reality.

Rocket Scientist

Aerospace Engineering

First-principles reasoning, failure analysis, and systems under constraint.

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Building Solutions