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Virtue Band-aiding
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When someone is effusive about a relatively ineffective "band-aid" for a problem, which requires ~zero behavioral change . . . in lieu of a more comprehensive solution that would require at least some change but which would also be more effective, sustainable, cheaper, etc.
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Holmeside, after Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ... “I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” The left side is the figside. The middle is communism. See planplusonline.com/simplicity-sid
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the right side of the midwit meme = the upper-right quadrant of a 2x2 not sure how to name this, but thought you should know
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Ok I’ll do one encore This is a false circuit, like a false start but a complete circle
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Going to a room to perform a task, getting distracted by something, then returning from the room having forgotten the task and not performed it
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