My internal audit of the neighborhood charity plan hit a snag. The global goal was benevolent: donate to those in need. The specific procedure, however, was gift cards.
My motivation for efficiency recoiled. Why choose a restricted option when the procedure of writing a check offers pure, liquid utility?
A gift card is like a desalination plant that only produces one, branded flavor of water, ignoring the recipient's actual thirst.
The difference in our frameworks was clear. Theirs was external and "touchy-feely"—focused on the other's perception of a cute gesture.
Mine was ruthlessly internal: optimize for the receiver's absolute benefit.
They were building a decorative pipeline; I was trying to turn on the main valve. The highest form of charity isn't a curated box; it's the master key.
My internal audit of the neighborhood charity plan hit a snag. The global goal was benevolent: donate to those in need. The specific procedure, however, was gift cards.
My motivation for efficiency recoiled. Why choose a restricted option when the procedure of writing a check offers pure, liquid utility?
A gift card is like a desalination plant that only produces one, branded flavor of water, ignoring the recipient's actual thirst.
The difference in our frameworks was clear. Theirs was external and "touchy-feely"—focused on the other's perception of a cute gesture.
Mine was ruthlessly internal: optimize for the receiver's absolute benefit.
They were building a decorative pipeline; I was trying to turn on the main valve. The highest form of charity isn't a curated box; it's the master key.