Many good things in my life have been due to being too lazy to make active decisions and letting defaults ride.
The better part of strategy is knowing when to do nothing. 9/10 times, the strategic and lazy choices are the same.
Get the 1/10 right though.
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Not what I meant. This thought conflates too many unrelated things for my taste. Deep denials, problematic phobias etc. all get painted in a flattering light of philosophical procrastination. Kinda BS.
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Hah, I wish defaults would work for me 9 out of 10 times. *wistful sigh*
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Otoh, you manage to have kinds of fun superhero fun the rest of us can only dream of
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“Nothing” is something corporations almost never choose, but oftentimes beuracracy etc achieves the same effect. Smartly?
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"Something must be done. This is something. Therefore 'this' must be done."
Alternatively, sometimes "the only way to win is not to play."
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Heuristics are hugely appealing, but often misleading; that, of course, is, arguably, a heuristic too.








