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Compromise is a bad way to settle a disagreement, because its only advantage is that it takes less energy than finding out who is right.
Drawn from what Jeff Bezos said
Subjectenergy
What Jeff Bezos actually said
- Jeff Bezos Founder of Amazon in 1994 and of the space company Blue Origin in 2000
Compromise, the advantage of compromise as a resolution mechanism is that it's low energy, but it doesn't lead to truth. And so in things like the height of the ceiling where truth is a noble thing, you shouldn't allow compromise to be used when you can know the truth.
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Watch from 1:06:00 plays here↗Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405youtube.com
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