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Re: A Few Rules

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Post by watwut »

themodelplumber wrote: post #5

Behaviors and outcomes rarely change, but history is driven by surprising events...? I admit that this juxtaposition of the listed rules confuses me. The first part/rule would seem to indicate that history is driven by predictable, probable, or otherwise bell-curvy events.

Civil rights movement was started by Rosa Park sitting on the bus. It was surprising big event. Most characters in that story kept going by same scripts as before, with only slight variations and only little bit of learning from previous experiences.

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Post by gonzo41 »

skmurphy wrote: post #6

My top four: Behavior is hard to fix. People say they’ve learned but they underestimate how much of their previous mistake was caused by emotions that will return when faced with the same circumstances. Being good at something doesn’t promise rewards. It doesn’t even promise a compliment. What’s rewarded in the world is scarcity, so what matters is what you can do that other people are bad at. People learn when they’…

Worth thinking about with that rule on scarcity. It can also be about what you'll do that others will balk at. Plumbers being a great example of this.

Re: A Few Rules

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Post by aliceryhl »

themodelplumber wrote: post #5

Behaviors and outcomes rarely change, but history is driven by surprising events...? I admit that this juxtaposition of the listed rules confuses me. The first part/rule would seem to indicate that history is driven by predictable, probable, or otherwise bell-curvy events.

The history thing is the thesis of a book I'm reading right now called The Black Swan by Taleb.

Re: A Few Rules

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Post by infogulch »

gonzo41 wrote: post #13
skmurphy wrote: post #6

My top four: Behavior is hard to fix. People say they’ve learned but they underestimate how much of their previous mistake was caused by emotions that will return when faced with the same circumstances. Being good at something doesn’t promise rewards. It doesn’t even promise a compliment. What’s rewarded in the world is scarcity, so what matters is what you can do that other people are bad at. People learn when they’…

Worth thinking about with that rule on scarcity. It can also be about what you'll do that others will balk at. Plumbers being a great example of this.

A scarcity of willingness one might say.

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Post by skmurphy »

watwut wrote: post #11
themodelplumber wrote: post #5

Behaviors and outcomes rarely change, but history is driven by surprising events...? I admit that this juxtaposition of the listed rules confuses me. The first part/rule would seem to indicate that history is driven by predictable, probable, or otherwise bell-curvy events.

Civil rights movement was started by Rosa Park sitting on the bus. It was surprising big event. Most characters in that story kept going by same scripts as before, with only slight variations and only little bit of learning from previous experiences.

I think it's much earlier. It should at least be dated from founding of NAACP in 1909. Rosa Parks was not a random person. she was elected Secretary of the Montgomery Alabama NAACP chapter in 1943.

Re: A Few Rules

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Post by narag »

skmurphy wrote: post #6

My top four: Behavior is hard to fix. People say they’ve learned but they underestimate how much of their previous mistake was caused by emotions that will return when faced with the same circumstances. Being good at something doesn’t promise rewards. It doesn’t even promise a compliment. What’s rewarded in the world is scarcity, so what matters is what you can do that other people are bad at. People learn when they’…

Most fields have only a few laws.

When I've had the opportunity to talk with true experts in different fields, I was surprised to find that they tend to focus in very few factors, unlike books or other practitioners.

Wasn't Karate Kid training something like that? The master was only interested in a few exercises that were done doing repetitive tasks apparently unrelated to fight.

Re: A Few Rules

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Post by watwut »

narag wrote: post #17
skmurphy wrote: post #6

My top four: Behavior is hard to fix. People say they’ve learned but they underestimate how much of their previous mistake was caused by emotions that will return when faced with the same circumstances. Being good at something doesn’t promise rewards. It doesn’t even promise a compliment. What’s rewarded in the world is scarcity, so what matters is what you can do that other people are bad at. People learn when they’…

Most fields have only a few laws. When I've had the opportunity to talk with true experts in different fields, I was surprised to find that they tend to focus in very few factors, unlike books or other practitioners. Wasn't Karate Kid training something like that? The master was only interested in a few exercises that were done doing repetitive tasks apparently unrelated to fight.

Reality check is that real world martial arts are not taught like that. While there is repetition, focusing on few exercises and doing repetitive unrelated tasks will make you slightly better beginner. Then you will stop improving.

Karate kid is fantasy of getting victory with easy effort solely because who you are. (It is also fantasy of having sudden role model treating you with kindness)

Re: A Few Rules

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Post by alanfranz »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #9

Reminds me of this great Non Sequitur[0], and this one[1], [0] https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2020/08/10 [1] https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2018/10/26

The whole website looks broken to me, even disabling all adblockers and tracking protection.

EDIT: it's broken on Firefox.

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