1/ Got a quote on doubling up our house heating oil tank this morning. I can understand why some people get intimidated into things they don't really want. I had an idea in my head, and this guy - while very nice - "knew better", so kept trying to steer me in another direction
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5/ yeah and this is terrible I'm prob in the top 1% of white collar folks who are able to talk to tradesmen and ask relevant questions (e.g. why do you need to go through the wall? Couldn't you use an SDS diamond coring bit and go through the concrete?)https://twitter.com/jkrwld/status/1504821554974232579 …
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6/ and so I can get what I want fairly reliably ...but I expect huge numbers of people get things that are 5-10% sub-optimal for their own utility function bc they didn't know the 1 question to ask, or the 1 way to push back.,
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7/ More cynical than my take (rare!). I think most tradesmen mean well / are honest, but they are just lazy (not physically, but intellectually - "I like to do it this way").https://twitter.com/JesseTayRiver/status/1504825149178195972 …
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There's an bit in the video game BIOSHOCK: guy building a secret underwater city learns the plumber installing toilets at his penthouse is willingly absorbing the cost of more expensive fittings in the name of DOING IT RIGHT. So he hires that guy to build the city.
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It is silly, but that particular part stuck with me, since it really emphasizes the whole "don't cut corners on the little things, because you sure as hell don't want to cut them on the big things" ethic.https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Meeting_Ryan …
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This is why Black Box Life bites so many people in the ass. They don't know what they don't know to ask the right questions. Most people would have been, "well, ok sure! I paid you money to do the job so you know what you must be doing!"
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"Black Box Life" - what a great phrase. I feel the point that
@MorlockP is making, acutely, and even moreso when I *don't* know enough to ask the right questions but can *tell* that there are questions that badly need to be asked. - Show replies
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