On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 03:03:38AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 07:04:09AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 09:46:09PM -0400, David Niklas wrote:
> > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 04:59:40 +0000
> > > Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, my use case is at home where the power can and *does* fail. I also
> > > find myself using the latest kernel and oftentimes an experimental driver
> > > for my AMD graphics card, hence my need for a *very* stable fs over
> > > sudden unmount.
>
> Dan's broken quoting implies that I wrote the above, but I didn't.
Ah yes, this reminds me of a thought of "maximizing rationality
whilst minimizing effort" which has finally percolated to the top of
my two brain cells:
When someone misquotes me, when is it useful or relevant to correct
the record?
A) When the misattributed quote could have an adverse consequence
on my internal life:
- When I have an attachment to never being misattributed (bin
there)?
- perhaps I was involved in, or witnessed some less than wholesome
rhetoric arising from misattribution, and want to protect myself
from such possibility?
- etc
B) When the misattributed quote could have an adverse consequence on
my external life:
- Perhaps the quote could affect a potential employer/HR person
assessing me as a candidate for a job?
- The misattribution could be held against me in personal
relationships?
- Where I get credit for someone else's "positive" (yet still
misattributed) quote - I experienced this once many years ago.
- or perhaps other hypotheticals...
On these basis ("basii"? "bases"?) I have concluded for myself that
most misattribution has a lower overall/ personal energy cost, when I
ignore the misattribution. The only exception I make these days is
when others might give credit for something someone else actually
deserves the credit for. In all other situations, e.g. a potential
employer interviewer asking "so why the blip did you say this?!" -
would actually be to my long term favour ("welll... if you just look
a little closer, you might find I actually did not say that...").
Have a good one all,
