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> ... If no one knows about it or won't give it a chance, then it's as if it never happened. It is rational to stop somewhere between 0% and 100%. There is no
by yobbo 3y ago
> ... If no one knows about it or won't give it a chance, then it's as if it never happened.
It is rational to stop somewhere between 0% and 100%. There is no guarantee you will find traction in the last 10% or the last 1%, if you get that far. It might have been rational to stop at 17% and instead spent the time and resources on something else.
To make an honest and rational decision, there should be go-conditions at several points along the project. Work stops when conditions aren't met.
- KnobbleMcKnees 3y agoA version of what you're describing is the sunk cost fallacy
- dizhn 3y agoMy familiarity with the fallacy enabled me to quit watching John Wick in the last 10 minutes. 10 minutes saved is not nothing.
- selimthegrim 3y agoYou didn’t quit when the dog got killed?
- dizhn 3y agoCome to think of it, I think it was John Wick 2. Bonus site: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/ https://www.doesthedogdie.com/
- sfink 3y agoI wish I had been able to do that. But at least I get to see announcements for John Wick 4 and get a warm fuzzy feeling that I have escaped watching 3 whole movies, and thus have an extra 6 hours in which to do something better in my life with an exceptionally low bar for "better".