No you don’t. You think you do, but you really don’t. You care about the problem going away. Sure maybe YOU care about the gasket, but there’s some other techn

No you don’t. You think you do, but you really don’t. You care about the problem going away. Sure maybe YOU care about the gasket, but there’s some other technical domain in your life that can sub in and the metaphor stands. No one is technical enough in every arena of life to care about the gasket. Also to really stretch this metaphor to its limit, it’s exactly as the author said—there ARE countless ways to fix this sink but you care about a select few. And the truly world-class plumber knows that and will gauge your interest in understanding the full solution. So at the end of the day, it’s STILL not about the gasket it’s about the communication surrounding the gasket and your comment actually reinforces this.