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> Why do we introduce so much complexity that needn't be to this entire thing? Ignorance, fear, and our urge to pick The Best option. If something is complex
by harryvederci 5y ago
> Why do we introduce so much complexity that needn't be to this entire thing?
Ignorance, fear, and our urge to pick The Best option.
If something is complex enough, at some point everyone is ignorant to some degree.
That makes it easy to let fear get a hold of you.
Still: whenever you invest, you want to invest in The Best Option since your resources are limited.
You're a professional photographer, and you need a new camera. Your old one lasted a decade, so anything you'll buy now will be better and cheaper than the old one. Guaranteed! It's unlikely you know everything about cameras, though. But since you're going to invest in one, you want to get The Best option for the price. You're reading blog posts, reviews, and random comments by people on the internet, and it's becoming harder and harder to decide. There are so many factors involved that you become paralized, you don't know how to decide. Also, you don't know exactly if you're going to be making pictures in the jungle or in the ocean, how many pictures you're going to have to be able to take and how long your battery should last.
Then you read that the world's most successful photographer uses a camera that is rumoured to be able to handle all those situations, and has auto-renewing battery and infinite storage. The pricing is a bit unclear, but at this point you're so fatigued that you decide to just get one and find out along the way. At least you know it has the potential to be The Best.