It’s easier to critique an already-pretty-good design.
It’s easier to repair a nice bicycle with a small problem than a crappy bicycle with the same problem.
It’s easier to tell your friend his fly is unzipped than a stranger.
I feel like all these things are related somehow.
Thoughts?
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Interesting, I had some thoughts about this recently as well.
I think the leading motive here is the goal, the reward, that which you are (potentially) living up to.
Some weird rephrasings:
* “It’s easier to repair an already-pretty-good bicycle”
* “It’s easier to tell someone, whom you know will not respond like a dick, about his fly than a stranger”.
Although at the same time this also makes me think of how individualistic we are – anno 2011 – in the**physical* world. It can be just as (or even more) rewarding when you tell a stranger about this fly, it shows you care. Why would someone not be appreciative to that (in contrary to a friend to which it can be considered normal and obvious that you’d tell him – and even rude or joking if you wouldn’t tell him – which you can’t say today for the stranger, it’s not considered rude not telling a stranger that, right ? – perhaps it should be though..).
Wow, getting all philosophical here ;-)
So strangers are crappy bicycles?
I can see it.