A natural schelling point: a thing everyone can agree is reasonable and that they can live with.

· Bits and Bobs 12/9/24
  • A natural schelling point: a thing everyone can agree is reasonable and that they can live with.
    • Seems like a low bar but is actually a very high one.
    • It's also magnetic; an idea that everyone finds reasonable will emerge quickly as the default choice.
    • Sometimes it takes a bit of sleuthing for hidden constraints to identify such an idea, but if you do it's the best way to get people successfully coordinated and committed.

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