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Law of triviality

Law of triviality

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Oct 6, 2026

Kelly PaxtonHOST
14:32
Absolutely do not do that.
Kelly PaxtonHOST
14:34
Um, so you've had some just amazing world-class guests and, um, I, I wanna say that, like, not only do you have the world-class guests like Cass Sunstein and, you know, um, many, many others, but you guys, I know when I first found Melina, like, one of my favorite terms is bike shedding.
Melina PalmerGUEST
14:59
Yeah.
Kelly PaxtonHOST
14:59
Do you wanna explain bike shedding to the audience? Because it is one of my favorite things.
Melina PalmerGUEST
15:04
Yeah.
Melina PalmerGUEST
15:05
So, uh, bike shedding is what I call productive procrastination.
Melina PalmerGUEST
15:10
Um, uh, uh, so... 'Cause the term is bike shedding.
Melina PalmerGUEST
15:13
It's also Parkinson's law of triviality, if you wanna use that.
Andrew HawkinsHOST
56:34
Yeah.
Bob BorsonHOST
56:35
And then the last one of our 11 is Parkinson's law of triviality.
Bob BorsonHOST
56:44
And yes, it is the same Cyril Northcote Parkinson that we've already referenced earlier in the episode.
Andrew HawkinsHOST
56:50
Wow, this guy's got two.
Andrew HawkinsHOST
57:05
Yeah, I've never heard of this one either.
Bob BorsonHOST
57:06
This is my close second.
Bob BorsonHOST
57:08
So I got Hanlon's, and then I have Parkinson's law of triviality-
Andrew HawkinsHOST
57:12
Mm-hmm

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