People obviously do do dumb things, and some stuff is obviously crap. But if you change perspectives a lot of stuff actually….makes sense?
Like, looking at the world and seeing a bunch of bullshit is actually a flaw in your own thinking, not the world.
Take fast food for example. Widely derided, clearly poisons the body, not the best taste, produces a lot of waste. More expensive than cooking.
But, flip it around:
* Standard experience —> you know exactly what you’re getting
* Much cheaper than restaurant food
* Much faster than restaurant or home cooked food
* Tasty
* Easy
It’s something with obvious downsides but also obvious upsides.
It isn’t obviously dumb. It is only obviously dumb if you decide the downsides outweigh the upsides and then ignore all the upsides. Which is flawed thinking.
You can repeat this analysis and find that on their own terms most people mostly aren’t doing things that are totally irrational.
Even something like a lottery ticket gives someone hope despite the clear negative EV. You can take that too far, but….
The point is if you think everything is bullshit, your analysis is probably crap. And merely allowing yourself to use the term bullshit rewards this sort of lazy, negative analysis.
Whatever you sell doesn’t have to be the absolute best of all possible things. But it has to meet a need, and the vast bulk of stuff which sells does exactly that.
