Don't Dither - by Sarah Constantin - Rough Diamonds
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advice for The Youths
Dithering is also an image processing technique Several times now, I have listened to someone, usually younger than me, debating a big decision, and (explicitly or implicitly), looking for advice, in a certain way that follows a pattern. In the prototypical case, this is a pretty normal kind of decision that people make all the time — whether to quit a job, get married, move to a new city, start a company, have a kid, etc. A major life change, but not a super unusual or inherently questionable proposition. And again, in conversations that fit this pattern, what I notice is that everything…
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