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Much better put by whoever did the “fuck yes or no” blog post of a few years ago, IMO. (Mark Manson?) This should be how you treat new things. OTOH, while econ
by rdl 8y ago
Much better put by whoever did the “fuck yes or no” blog post of a few years ago, IMO. (Mark Manson?)
This should be how you treat new things. OTOH, while economists say “sunk costs are sunk” and should thus be disregarded, in real life switching has often-underestimated costs (including reputation) so skipping out on things at the first sign of trouble is usually bad.
- stigi 8y agohttps://markmanson.net/fuck-yes https://markmanson.net/fuck-yes
- ivmethods 8y agoSwitching costs are not sunk costs.
- grecht 8y agoI like that blog post, it resonated with me and generally feels like sound life advice. But the problem I have with it is that this is essentially the life advice you'd get from a good friend after the 3rd beer in the pub, yet it's on Mark's website where he presents it as dating advice in a way that makes it sound like it's the truth and everybody should do it. I would've wished for at least one sentence where he declares "Fuck Yes or No" his own thought experiment or approach to dating. But I guess more cautious and less self confident writing doesn't make as much money.
- rdl 8y agoI think what I originally read was someone else’s post or tweet or something inspired by this specifically in the context of cofounders. It is pretty widely held advice in investing, at least.
- nnd 8y agoSivers also wrote about it: https://sivers.org/hellyeah https://sivers.org/hellyeah To be fair he wasn't the original source either.
- rdl 8y agoThanks — that was definitely what I saw, probably on HN