This. So so so true. On so many levels. Gave me a much-needed smile today when finding myself on the wrong side of my own cultural sport -- over-optimizing may not be the same as kvetching, but they definitely share some traits! “Now if we just did x all the time, then y wouldn’t happen.” x = some ideal planning strategy; y = the inevitable restructuring that happens to even the best of plans when Life intervenes.
Over-optimizing is probably another sport for our most NIMBY natures, too, now that I think of it xD
This is a really sharp observation, esp in the point that a process can enable and amplify something harmless into inadvertent policy...
This. So so so true. On so many levels. Gave me a much-needed smile today when finding myself on the wrong side of my own cultural sport -- over-optimizing may not be the same as kvetching, but they definitely share some traits! “Now if we just did x all the time, then y wouldn’t happen.” x = some ideal planning strategy; y = the inevitable restructuring that happens to even the best of plans when Life intervenes.
Over-optimizing is probably another sport for our most NIMBY natures, too, now that I think of it xD