Not only did I find this story a very convincing example for the point this articles is trying to make (“You don’t know how bad most things are nor precisely how they’re bad.” and, related “Reality has a surprising amount of detail.”).
But the writing was great as well! The fact that you were not a complete novice, but someone who tried to follow along with the piano tuner’s every step, and failed to predict every next little problem that the piano tuner identified made for a great reading experience for me. It evoked a sense of: “Oh, what’s the next detail going to be?” And I wanted to continue reading. :)
And, as a final sidenote: Not only do I enjoy thinking about this particular point in general (= how detailed reality is, and how difficult it is to assess the state of all the things in reality). But I also relate to this particular example about piano tuning and music, because I just started (= a year ago) learning about music, music theory, and I’m trying my hand at being creative with creating my own music. So when you mentioned the “attack of the note”: A year ago I wouldn’t have known what this meant. But now this consumes a lot of my mental resources (because I’m trying to wrap my head around _everything_ related to creating and being creative with music), and this whole topic was just satisfying to read. :)
This was very satisfying for me to read!
Not only did I find this story a very convincing example for the point this articles is trying to make (“You don’t know how bad most things are nor precisely how they’re bad.” and, related “Reality has a surprising amount of detail.”).
But the writing was great as well! The fact that you were not a complete novice, but someone who tried to follow along with the piano tuner’s every step, and failed to predict every next little problem that the piano tuner identified made for a great reading experience for me. It evoked a sense of: “Oh, what’s the next detail going to be?” And I wanted to continue reading. :)
And, as a final sidenote: Not only do I enjoy thinking about this particular point in general (= how detailed reality is, and how difficult it is to assess the state of all the things in reality). But I also relate to this particular example about piano tuning and music, because I just started (= a year ago) learning about music, music theory, and I’m trying my hand at being creative with creating my own music. So when you mentioned the “attack of the note”: A year ago I wouldn’t have known what this meant. But now this consumes a lot of my mental resources (because I’m trying to wrap my head around _everything_ related to creating and being creative with music), and this whole topic was just satisfying to read. :)