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"Mystery" problems that you don't understand and keep recurring no matter what you try are dangerous even if they stay tiny and inconsequential. They can grow into monsters in your mind as your history with them grows. They are not the same as chronic maintenance problems.
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The human mind does not handle *chronic* mystery well. We expect to gradually demystify things given repeated encounters. Chronic maintenance regimens only become second nature if there is no real mystery to them. You have a theory of why "this is the best I can do"
That was a genuinely costly problem for Jerry though. I'm looking for stories where it's a trivial problem you could potentially live with.
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