Wow, that must have really sucked to lose out on $100k. I can’t imagine what that’s like, things never got that concrete for me.
I think you’re probably right about acquaintances + handshake deals, but it’s still a little counterintuitive to me. There’s a lot of things that I think of as basic human decency, and expect 99% of the population to do. Following through on a handshake deal is one. Not ghosting people is another. It still feels tempting to me to continue with those expectations, but Rational Self feels pretty confident that the expectations are unrealistic.
Wow, that must have really sucked to lose out on $100k. I can’t imagine what that’s like, things never got that concrete for me.
I think you’re probably right about acquaintances + handshake deals, but it’s still a little counterintuitive to me. There’s a lot of things that I think of as basic human decency, and expect 99% of the population to do. Following through on a handshake deal is one. Not ghosting people is another. It still feels tempting to me to continue with those expectations, but Rational Self feels pretty confident that the expectations are unrealistic.