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Why Do We Dump Our Greatest Projects?

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Re: Why Do We Dump Our Greatest Projects?

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Maybe you only think those projects were the best because you dumped them. Had you stuck with them, they may not look so good know. How do you know it's not hindsight bias?

As I mentioned in the text, I think they were the best in terms of usefulness.

Though you are right about the hindsight bias, there is no way to tell. Maybe, just like many human beings, I tend to glorify things I lost.

Re: Why Do We Dump Our Greatest Projects?

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Because our greatest projects have the greatest potential and therefore also the biggest risk involved.

Yeah - that used to me my classic avoidance pattern. "Damn - that's a good idea. Need to do that properly" ;-)

Answers our question in light of a darker reality programming.