A majority of life’s errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do.
-Charlie Munger
Hyperbole.
If we narrow the domain to software desgin and slap on some rigourous type systems and big unit testing suites it starts looking better for this statement.
On reflection, ‘forgetting’ is the wrong word here.
We don’t default to being definite about anything, least of all our aims. Clear awareness has to be built and maintained, not merely uncovered.
-Charlie Munger
Hyperbole.
If we narrow the domain to software desgin and slap on some rigourous type systems and big unit testing suites it starts looking better for this statement.
On reflection, ‘forgetting’ is the wrong word here.
We don’t default to being definite about anything, least of all our aims. Clear awareness has to be built and maintained, not merely uncovered.