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This makes me think of a hypothetical scenario proposed in one of Nassim Nicolas Taleb's books where-in some senator gets a bill passed in the weeks before 9/11
by gooseus 9y ago
This makes me think of a hypothetical scenario proposed in one of Nassim Nicolas Taleb's books where-in some senator gets a bill passed in the weeks before 9/11 requiring reinforced doors on all commercial airplane cockpits.
No parade would be thrown for this senator for having prevented 9/11 and likely he'd be castigated for having given airlines an excuse to raise prices due to restrictive government regulations.
- sooheon 9y agoThe silent wheel gets rode?
- sslayer 9y agoGreased wheels don't squeak.
- chrisweekly 9y agoHow about: "prodigal brother syndrome"? I suspect the parable it alludes to passes the cultural literacy threshold for comprehension, at least in the US.
- dopkew 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son for those wondering.
- avh02 9y agothat example (while i was reading the book) kind of stuck out with me - I think of it almost as preventative maintenance or good software dev practices - you'll get crap from others for 'wasting' time on it, but they don't realise it might just save your ass when you need it most.
- amrrs 9y agoThat's a very definitive bias we always hold. Praising a player who falls behind and achieves something while not paying much attention to one who does something normally. Chaos gets attention!
- BearGoesChirp 9y agoThe guy at work who causes a complex IT problem and fixes it by working late one night: team player doing what he can to support the company. The guy at work whose work doesn't cause a problem and things keep working fine: why aren't you as much a team player as that other guy?