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		overgard on Sept 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A stranger secretly lived in my home > The pendulum needed to swing There's no pendulum, there's just doing the right thing and the wrong thing. Doing something wrong in the other direction is just as bad.

danielheath on Sept 12, 2021 [–]

The world operates on heuristics, not perfect information, and we can’t make the right decision in every case.

Something can be the best available policy and also cause to poor outcomes in some situations.

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