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I find this seemingly trivial insight very useful: Everything has costs and benefits, and they need to be weighed against each other. If you look for it, you'
by BurningFrog 4y ago
I find this seemingly trivial insight very useful:
Everything has costs and benefits, and they need to be weighed against each other.
If you look for it, you'll see tons of arguments like "this has costs, so it's bad" and "this had benefits, so it's good".
Both are missing half of the analysis!
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoAbsolutely. Most political "debates" suffer from this. "Everything is a trade-off" is similar - trivial yet profound.
- akira2501 4y agoI've often described the type of Engineering I do as "the art of compromise."