TheOtherDave comments on "Manna" by Marshall Brain - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 19 January 2011 03:48:51PM 4 points [-]

I've worked with people who would rapidly become comfortable with minute-by-minute instructions... though they might complain about it a lot, for a variety of essentially signaling reasons.

In general, my rule of thumb about giving detailed instructions to people is that it's a bad idea, not because they hate it, but because they become accustomed to it. If I solve the "what should I do next?" problem for someone enough times, they start expecting me to solve it for them in the future as well. I have a hard enough time solving it for myself.