Comment on Don't let the terrible be the enemy of the good.

WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If exactly one of the bad options will come to pass anyway though, and you get to influence which one, why wouldn’t you opt for less bad?

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It also usually means you have a better chance of good in the future.

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  • YICHM@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The sources of this post are usually the situations where the options are artificially limited, which are infuriating.

    Maybe I should stop add ‘the’ into my sentence…

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• YICHM@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Your thought-compressing skill is much better than mine.

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