If productiveness is beneficial work created by time or cash, it’s value interested by what we imply by ‘helpful’.

There are areas the place reliability is essential. It seems that constructing an airplane that works 95% of the time is extremely simple in comparison with constructing one which by no means crashes. I feel we’re all happy that the usual for airplanes is ‘by no means’.

Then again, a e-book that’s lacking just a few Oxford commas can nonetheless change lives and even win a Pulitzer.

Given sufficient time and sufficient cash, we will make absolutely anything as dependable as an airplane. However ought to we?

How a lot additional is a wonderfully spherical pickleball ball value?

The flawed query is: “Is it excellent?”

The correct query could be: “Does it meet the spec?”

For those who’re not pleased with the spec, change it. However as soon as there’s a spec, ok is nice sufficient.

January 4, 2024