A few years ago, I was chatting with a stranger in a bar. When I told him I was an economist, he said, “Ah. So… what are the Two Things about economics?”
“Huh?” I cleverly replied.
“You know, the Two Things. For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important.”
“Oh,” I said. “Okay, here are the Two Things about economics. One: Incentives matter. Two: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Ever since that evening, I’ve been playing the Two Things game. Whenever I meet someone who belongs to a different profession (i.e., a profession I haven’t played this game with), or who knows something about a subject I'm unfamiliar with, I pose the Two Things question.
So...
let me try here,
the two things about Software Development
1. Divide and conquer
2. High coupling, low cohesion
What about you?
Whats the two thing about your job?
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If i answered the two things question, it would be "choice" n "forgo"
My economic is not very good, but i like to substitutes the economic concept into the life. Do you agree?
Your econ cannnot be worse than mine la ^^
I think you can talk about what you are good at, not restricted to economics
like , the two things about your work
no al~~~
I was not good at econ, or interest in. Just....... I had to study T_T (my mistake)
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