by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have a direction? What did we lose in choosing it? Sorry, we traded something for something else. We lost something.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am never supposed to write “never” and “always.” And there is always an exception to all rules. Hence, the title of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have yet to find a perfect solution to any question or any problem. Hence, I write “always” as that covers my experience. Any solution or answer involves trades: I will get this, but not that. Since I like this much more than that, I will choose this solution instead of that solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Confused enough by my confusion? Okay. I choose blue coffee cups for the cafeteria. I like blue; some people like red, but since I am choosing, I choose what I like. How about choosing a shipment that includes all the colors of the rainbow? That costs more. I am trading cost for utility. Plus, people will grab the coffee cup in the color they like and eventually will show that I picked an unpopular color. I am choosing my preference over the preference of the crowd. So far, we learn that I like to save money and boost my ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silly example? Maybe. I chose that example. What did I trade off? I could write that example quicker and with less effort. Again, I chose time and effort savings. I lost…well, not sure yet, because I haven’t thought about what I lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trivial? Probably yes. Now consider things of great importance that we sometimes consider. Suppose we have a $10 Billion choice. Now, we should consider the trades. What will this have instead of what that has? We should make a list. We should consider what we are trading away. Are any things on that list things that we should keep? If yes, how can we keep that while still choosing this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trade-offs are present. Let’s admit it. Let’s consider what we are forgoing as we choose our direction. Such considerations often keep us from later disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Dwayne Phillips Have a direction? What did we lose in choosing it? Sorry, we traded something for something else. We lost something. I am never supposed to write “never” and “always.” And there is always an exception to all rules. Hence, the title of this post. I have yet to find a perfect solution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[394,51,269,9,247],"tags":[393,173,270,132,248],"class_list":["post-3499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternatives","category-choose","category-decide","category-management","category-questions","tag-alternatives","tag-choose","tag-decide","tag-management","tag-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3500,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}