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a case for not trying. (TCE#135)

a case for not trying. (TCE#135)

if the shoe doesn't fit, don't break it

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Nick Sherman
Feb 16, 2024
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The theme’s kept coming up for me.

1. on why not to try.

I wrote about the idea as a problem solving technique.

Still it hasn’t left me.

And half of me likes the freedom, the freedom of not trying. But the other half will not give up no matter what, its clutch is like death. it is relentless.

I’m trying to sort out which approach is right.

2. Here’s the…

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