Choose One: Optimization Or Community
A rule of two
“You want a social life, with friends.
A passionate love life and as well
To work hard every day. What’s true
Is of these three you may have two
And two can pay you dividends
But never may you have three.”1
Last week I read a thought provoking article by Erik Hoel, which inspired this post. Erik says we can only choose two of these three competing goods: caree…