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So, "Never, ever trust another company for your business model" is in fact a thought terminating cliche?

by blumkvist 12y ago

jacquesm 12y ago
You're stuck in a loop.
- blumkvist 12y ago
  1) Make an overgenaratilzation; 2) Get called out; 3) Make a defense, only to expose your overgeneralization yourself; 4) Get called out for it; 5) ???? 6) You're stuck in a loop.
  - ColinWright 12y ago
    Let's get back to an earlier question to help me understand your position. The original is: Never, ever trust another company for your business model. In this comment[0] in response to a scenario wherein one company did trust another and got screwed you said: What's wrong is the lack of contract or agreement. If a contract or agreement is required, then that would indicate that one should, indeed, not trust another company for one's business model. So it seems that you agree with the actual statement. Is that the case? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363982
ColinWright 12y ago
People will take any opportunity to stop thinking: Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. -- Bertrand Russell In short, if it's a "thought-terminating cliche" then the problem may not be in the way it's expressed, but in the way it's interpreted. If someone chooses to terminate their thoughts based on something someone says, without considering why they might be saying it, and why there may be value to be extracted from it, then maybe the problem is not with the expression, but with them. Think of it this way. You may consider it a given that there are times and places where you can and should trust other businesses. This statement about never, ever trusting a another business therefore seems to be at odds with your experience. Do you ignore it, or do you use it as an opportunity to learn why someone might say it?

So, "Never, ever trust another company for your business model" is in fact a thought terminating cliche?

jacquesm 12y ago

You're stuck in a loop.

blumkvist 12y ago
1) Make an overgenaratilzation; 2) Get called out; 3) Make a defense, only to expose your overgeneralization yourself; 4) Get called out for it; 5) ???? 6) You're stuck in a loop.
- ColinWright 12y ago
  Let's get back to an earlier question to help me understand your position. The original is: Never, ever trust another company for your business model. In this comment[0] in response to a scenario wherein one company did trust another and got screwed you said: What's wrong is the lack of contract or agreement. If a contract or agreement is required, then that would indicate that one should, indeed, not trust another company for one's business model. So it seems that you agree with the actual statement. Is that the case? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363982

ColinWright 12y ago

People will take any opportunity to stop thinking: Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. -- Bertrand Russell In short, if it's a "thought-terminating cliche" then the problem may not be in the way it's expressed, but in the way it's interpreted. If someone chooses to terminate their thoughts based on something someone says, without considering why they might be saying it, and why there may be value to be extracted from it, then maybe the problem is not with the expression, but with them. Think of it this way. You may consider it a given that there are times and places where you can and should trust other businesses. This statement about never, ever trusting a another business therefore seems to be at odds with your experience. Do you ignore it, or do you use it as an opportunity to learn why someone might say it?