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It's unfortunately a very human tendency to shift baselines, to judge each individual step only relative to the last one, without considering the situation in t
by codeflo 4y ago
It's unfortunately a very human tendency to shift baselines, to judge each individual step only relative to the last one, without considering the situation in the absolute.
This applies in much lower stakes environments as well: the workplace, relationships. It's surprising how reliably someone's attitude can flip from "if ever X, I'll quit" to "X isn't that much worse than X-1, this isn't worth making a fuss about" if the change happens slowly enough.
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