Comments on: The Curse of Knowledge. http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/archives/936 Arte Et Labore Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aaron - PCF http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/archives/936/comment-page-1#comment-533 Aaron - PCF Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:55:46 +0000 http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/?p=936#comment-533 I consider this my one marketable and valuable skill. Everything else I do in my life can easily be done by hundreds of other people, many of them better than me. But I am much better at seeing an issue/argument from someone elses' perspective, explaining that issue/argument to them in a way that will allow it to make sense to them given their perspective, and then relating that issue/argument to other things they may not see as remotely connected. Unfortunately, since I graduated college, I have not been able to utilize this skill in any way that is monetarily useful. I need there to be a job in which I translate people's arguments to one another in a way that prevents what happens in most argumentative conflict which is two sides repeating what they think ... like two ships passing in the night. What job is that? It's not advertising. That's just sloganeering. Probably not politics since that is often more like advertising. Maybe settling drunken bar bets? I consider this my one marketable and valuable skill. Everything else I do in my life can easily be done by hundreds of other people, many of them better than me. But I am much better at seeing an issue/argument from someone elses’ perspective, explaining that issue/argument to them in a way that will allow it to make sense to them given their perspective, and then relating that issue/argument to other things they may not see as remotely connected. Unfortunately, since I graduated college, I have not been able to utilize this skill in any way that is monetarily useful.

I need there to be a job in which I translate people’s arguments to one another in a way that prevents what happens in most argumentative conflict which is two sides repeating what they think … like two ships passing in the night.

What job is that? It’s not advertising. That’s just sloganeering. Probably not politics since that is often more like advertising. Maybe settling drunken bar bets?

]]> By: Zack http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/archives/936/comment-page-1#comment-526 Zack Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:14:55 +0000 http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/?p=936#comment-526 This concept explains why Alexander Graham Bell always gets credit for the lightbulb. This concept explains why Alexander Graham Bell always gets credit for the lightbulb.

]]> By: Katie C http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/archives/936/comment-page-1#comment-525 Katie C Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:42:42 +0000 http://www.barbellsandbacon.com/?p=936#comment-525 I love how you use lawyers as an example of those who spew forth unintelligible nonsense--thanks, Jon! In all seriousness, though, I totally agree. I love how you use lawyers as an example of those who spew forth unintelligible nonsense–thanks, Jon! In all seriousness, though, I totally agree.

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