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by Barbara · updated 2mo ago
values
by Barbara · updated 2mo ago
Inconsistency sends mixed signals. Confusing. Lack of responsibility. Here..there.. hot.. cold.. Like water, you don’t want your shower water to fluctuate.
Barbara added 4mo ago
Cashing in for short-term pleasure leads to long-term agony.
— Ray Dalio
Barbara added 5mo ago
By recognizing the higher-level consequences nature optimizes for, I've come to see that people who overweigh the first-order consequences of their decisions and ignore the effects of second- and subsequent-order consequences rarely reach their goals. This is because first-order consequences often have opposite desirabilities from second-order cons
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secondary effect — longevity thinking
A lion is fully capable of capturing, killing, and eating a field mouse. But it turns out that the energy required to do so exceeds the caloric content of the mouse itself. So a lion that spent its day hunting and eating field mice would slowly starve to death. A lion can’t live on field mice. A lion needs antelope. Antelope are big animals. They t
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