Sheel Mohnot

one of the things I don’t think most normal people understand is how much you pay for seemingly small amounts of increased reliability (more 9’s). like the advice not to tell vendors you’re hosting a “wedding” but just a party? weddings cost twice as much because the vendor knows you are expecting a once in a lifetime experience and everything needs to be perfectly on spec and on time. perfect costs like, 2-10x as much as “best-effort that probably turns out fine”. same with childcare. a nanny who shows up every day on time costs like twice as much as a best-effort/90% of the time nanny. your life circumstances might dictate that either is best for you: cheaper or perfect! but the mistake people make is that they think taking a nanny from 90% showing up to 100% showing up should be ~10% more expensive while anyone who has worked in computer reliability probably understands why it’s like 2-10x more 😂

against my will, I'm fascinated by how much conversation this has inspired. people want to establish a gentleman's agreement to not press the little button the airplane gives you? they're writing thinkpieces about this? people are comparing it to returning shopping carts?