Posted by
Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/asymmetric-snooping-tp7583857p7583891.html
On 9/26/13 10:23 AM, glen wrote:
> The fittest amongst us don't spend much time constructing rules. And
> even if we do, we're ready to abandon those rules for new ones at the
> drop of a hat.
A counterexample that comes to mind is investment strategy. Also, long
ago I used to develop substantial amounts of Lisp for my Windows manager
and Emacs. This was just to tune my environment, do automated filtering
of e-mails, etc. Now I realize that I don't have the time or access to
control the environments I work in, and it's mostly a waste.
Keeping closer with the topic, I think some people often`classify'
personal, but controversial political views. Helen Thomas comes to mind
as a cautionary tale. Whenever an influential person speaks,
especially a person in politics, they may choose to not speak to many
sorts of topics. I accept that some politicians are quick on their
feet and can modulate `at the drop of a hat', but I think it takes some
planning too, at least for folks early in their career. They analyze
their constituency, and build a dynamic rank ordering in their head of
the top ten ways to go down -- some of these they must learn the hard
way. Note I don't think this inhibition is healthy, or even
particularly honest, but I think it occurs.
Marcus
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