As always, the issue is figuring out where to pour time and attention to make the right decisions, and where to coast off heuristics. I can’t get into the habit of reevaluating all things every year about every topic, and my failure was more in not realizing that the topic of the safety of my house was a topic to think about.
How do you decide when to use a structured and systematic approach when making a decision?
By experiment, I guess? I don’t have a well worked out philosophy on this specific issue. But in general, I think that when you have a plausible idea like this, it’s good to just budget some time for a few tests to learn how onerous it is (or isn’t), and see if it catches anything that make it seem worthwhile. You’ll probably figure out intuitively when the amount of inventorying and investigation is starting to seem excessive. And probably the level you should be at is not zero. So then it’s just about figuring out the highest priority areas and working your way down the list gradually over time.
I’ll bet you could figure out a solid plan (especially now with AI) for inventorying potential safety issues in your house in an afternoon and execute in a few hours, especially with housemates to help.
As always, the issue is figuring out where to pour time and attention to make the right decisions, and where to coast off heuristics. I can’t get into the habit of reevaluating all things every year about every topic, and my failure was more in not realizing that the topic of the safety of my house was a topic to think about.
How do you decide when to use a structured and systematic approach when making a decision?
By experiment, I guess? I don’t have a well worked out philosophy on this specific issue. But in general, I think that when you have a plausible idea like this, it’s good to just budget some time for a few tests to learn how onerous it is (or isn’t), and see if it catches anything that make it seem worthwhile. You’ll probably figure out intuitively when the amount of inventorying and investigation is starting to seem excessive. And probably the level you should be at is not zero. So then it’s just about figuring out the highest priority areas and working your way down the list gradually over time.
I’ll bet you could figure out a solid plan (especially now with AI) for inventorying potential safety issues in your house in an afternoon and execute in a few hours, especially with housemates to help.