a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by lil
lil  ·  3853 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski how do you deal with incompetency?

I make some snap decisions whether to engage or not. Usually not.

I look at my imaginary tatoo:

   God grant me the serenity 
   to accept the things I cannot change; 
   courage to change the things I can;
   and wisdom to know the difference.
But more importantly I remind myself of these wise words:

There are three kinds of people in the world:

Honest people, who say they are going to take all your money and then do so.

Dishonest people, who say they want to help you, but really want to take all your money.

and incompetent people -- who really do want to help you, but end up spending all your money by making everything worse.





nowaypablo  ·  3852 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Reminded me of this quote nodding to the principles of Occam's Razor:

    Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
kleinbl00  ·  3852 days ago  ·  link  ·  
lil  ·  3852 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yes, noway -- yes. I would add to stupidity, the misfortune of having priorities other than MINE, damn it. Humans are so complicated. What looks to me like incompetence might look to them like an ethical decision (recent experience with an electrician).