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this is an excellent point, and something @LibertyFarmNH and I talk about all the time - we hit the homestead 6 years and 50 weeks ago, more or less, and had these huge visions of where we'd be ...like, 9 months later.
Almost 7 years in, and we've accomplished 75% of 1 yr goals. https://twitter.com/normonics/status/1345012296310026241
Almost 7 years in, and we've accomplished 75% of 1 yr goals. https://twitter.com/normonics/status/1345012296310026241
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There's a benefit to going slow (and this ties back to @normonics point re "A Pattern Language"): going slow forces you to ( accidentally ! ) gather data before you complete your plans. Data about the land, your schedule and preferences, livestock... https://twitter.com/RizomaSchool/status/1345014246887862272
There's a benefit to going slow (and this ties back to @normonics point re "A Pattern Language"): going slow forces you to ( accidentally ! ) gather data before you complete your plans. Data about the land, your schedule and preferences, livestock... https://twitter.com/RizomaSchool/status/1345014246887862272
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Give a guy a $1M budget to hire labor etc, and he'll get his "ideal" homestead built in the first year.
...problem is, he'll _then_ realize that his ideals were wrong in several regards.
Give a guy a $1M budget to hire labor etc, and he'll get his "ideal" homestead built in the first year.
...problem is, he'll _then_ realize that his ideals were wrong in several regards.
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Going slow allows for the creation of Hayekian local knowledge.
Big budgets and fast speeds let you see [ and act ] like a Stalinist state with no feedback loops.
Going slow allows for the creation of Hayekian local knowledge.
Big budgets and fast speeds let you see [ and act ] like a Stalinist state with no feedback loops.
