Putting Subtraction on the table

A good point Subtract makes on page 103 is that the author isn't advocating that subtraction is the only viable option for your life, just that subtraction is one of the options that should be on the table. That we often need a combination of solutions to arrive at the best outcome possible. The ability to make good decisions, and how that happens, was the goal of Farsighted as well. Johnson showed us that one of the best ways was to include people unlike ourselves in the search for viable outcomes1. So really Subtract is backing those ideas up. That we need to have a larger volume of options to choose from when taking the next step. Where Farsighted encouraged us to seek diverse opinions, Subtract is looking specifically at how we can make the option to subtract be a viable choice. This had me thinking about having valuable stuff in my notes. I feel that my notes and my blog are a history of my evolving thinking. I don't prune them, unlike my read later lists. In fact I have a…