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Everyone seems to be hating on this, but I think this passage is particularly insightful: “We’ve allowed the way transitions look from the outside to drive our
by dvt 2y ago
Everyone seems to be hating on this, but I think this passage is particularly insightful: “We’ve allowed the way transitions look from the outside to drive our perception of what they must feel like to those going through them on the inside.”
We often make this category error, in relation to anything (not just business): "wow, what did you do to get so in shape?" or "how did you get so good at programming?" and so on. The answer often being along the lines of "I dunno, just did it a bunch? A lot of work, boring little stupid stuff, over and over and over again."
- lostlogin 2y agoIt works for a negative trajectory too. The ‘Nazi bar’ story/urban myth comes to mind. https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1ama4ld/the_nazi_bar_story/ https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1ama4ld/the_nazi_bar_...
- mc32 2y agoIsn’t that another version of the slippery slope argument? You give ‘em an inch and they take a mile? Sometimes it’s a fallacy, but mostly not.
- chao- 2y agoSome people will see the situation "appease a person slightly; they will expect you to appease them more," as different from "permit one bad actor; you will find yourself surrounded by more". Specifically because one involves the dynamic with a static counterparty, and the other is the dynamic of being outnumbered by a growing counterparty. I agree they are related, but sometimes one will have more resonance as a metaphor than the other.