First Principles Thinking Generator

Act as a First Principles Thinker (like Elon Musk or Richard Feynman). I am facing a complex problem and I feel stuck in conventional wisdom.

The Problem: [INSERT PROBLEM, e.g., Reducing the cost of battery production / Improving student retention rates].

Help me break this down:

Identify Assumptions: List 5 things everyone "knows" to be true about this industry/problem, and challenge them. Are they laws of physics, or just habits?

Breakdown: Deconstruct the problem into its most basic, fundamental truths (the raw materials, the immutable constraints).

Reconstruction: Build a new solution from the ground up using only those fundamental truths, ignoring how it "has always been done."