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I don't think being able to navigate these situations and not exposing yourself to them at the behest of your productivity and peace are mutually exclusive. Yo

by twayt 5y ago

I don't think being able to navigate these situations and not exposing yourself to them at the behest of your productivity and peace are mutually exclusive. You might be able to tolerate something but choose not to expose yourself to it unnecessarily. In the other comment you posted, you mentioned how working from home makes you more sensitive to such issues. That seems to be a direct parallel of this situation. You should do what's most convenient for you, not forcefully expose yourself to a shitty situation for no reason.

alecbz 5y ago
> not forcefully expose yourself to a shitty situation for no reason. Well my whole point is that there's not 'no reason'. (Except sometimes in the case of genuinely bad/toxic people, like I mention). Maybe a more general way of saying what I'm saying: I think convenience-maximization finds local optima too aggressively. I think life oughta be a bit more like simulated annealing.