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The low hanging fruit metaphor meaning do the simplest or easiest work first is not really applicable to fruit growing but seems to have been coopted by the bus
by tartoran 7y ago
The low hanging fruit metaphor meaning do the simplest or easiest work first is not really applicable to fruit growing but seems to have been coopted by the busieness world instead, then we started using it too in our contexts. Not crazy about this metaphor either, but it could be useful in some contexts and while also misunderstood in others. The same goes for most jargon.
- darkerside 7y agoLow hanging fruit is a point in time tactic, not a generalized recommendation
- hinkley 7y agoAnd when you do that for a very long time they call it short-term thinking. Myopia. Missing the forest for the trees. Plenty of that going around.
- noizejoy 7y agoThe “low hanging fruit” makes a lot more sense in a hunter/gatherer context than in an agricultural context