Lots of emphasis on avoiding accidentally doing harm by being uninformed
I gave a talk about this, so I consider myself to be one of the repeaters of that message. But I also think I always tried to add a lot of caveats, like “you should take this advice less seriously if you’re the type of person who listens to advice like this” and similar. It’s a bit hard to calibrate, but I’m definitely in favor of people trying new projects, even at the risk of causing mild accidental harm, and in fact I think that’s something that has helped me grow in the past.
If you think these sorts of framing still miss the mark, I’d be interested in hearing your reasoning about that.
I gave a talk about this, so I consider myself to be one of the repeaters of that message. But I also think I always tried to add a lot of caveats, like “you should take this advice less seriously if you’re the type of person who listens to advice like this” and similar. It’s a bit hard to calibrate, but I’m definitely in favor of people trying new projects, even at the risk of causing mild accidental harm, and in fact I think that’s something that has helped me grow in the past.
If you think these sorts of framing still miss the mark, I’d be interested in hearing your reasoning about that.