This is a good reminder for those who haven’t thought of it or haven’t examined their voices and habits for awhile. But https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6NvbSwuSAooQxxf7f/beware-of-other-optimizing, and watch out for a rationalist habit to overweight the legible (measurable, calculable) portions of life choices and ignore the hidden and hard-to-quantify.
Consider that Philip may preFer not to have gotten much done on the dimensions he can communicate, and the heat gives him an easy justification. Or that the emotional cost of picking and committing to spend for the unit is higher than the benefit for a week or two.
She mentioned Philip was a client. He’s literally paying to be other-optimized. Also, she’s citing enough evidence to get around the typical problem of a failure to generalize.
I agree that the time cost of shopping can eat at the calculation. Looking at Wirecutter and Amazon top reviews for ACs can help make a quicker decision for many such purchases.
This is a good reminder for those who haven’t thought of it or haven’t examined their voices and habits for awhile. But https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6NvbSwuSAooQxxf7f/beware-of-other-optimizing, and watch out for a rationalist habit to overweight the legible (measurable, calculable) portions of life choices and ignore the hidden and hard-to-quantify.
Consider that Philip may preFer not to have gotten much done on the dimensions he can communicate, and the heat gives him an easy justification. Or that the emotional cost of picking and committing to spend for the unit is higher than the benefit for a week or two.
She mentioned Philip was a client. He’s literally paying to be other-optimized. Also, she’s citing enough evidence to get around the typical problem of a failure to generalize.
I agree that the time cost of shopping can eat at the calculation. Looking at Wirecutter and Amazon top reviews for ACs can help make a quicker decision for many such purchases.