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Comment by andai

My guess would be the hueristic is "I want to do simple thing, why is it so hard?" (Modern computing has an overabundance of "DX tarpits".)

Which is funny because, everyone has that experience, right? But then approximately nobody proceeds to do something about it. (Including most people who have the skills to make a difference!)

Like, that's surprisingly mundane, and surprisingly actionable.

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If we distil it into a philosophy, it would be something like...

- things should be good

- they are not so good

- I can learn to make them better

And more broadly: "You can just do things"

parent andai 4 months ago

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