The Literacy Trolley Problem

You're the chief editor at the world's last publishing house, which is running out of ink. A runaway adverb has taken control of the trolley tracks. You have two options:

The adverbs, if saved, could launch the publishing house to new heights, while the clichés, though offensive, are a known quantity. The adverbs, once freed, could make every writer in the city sound like a struggling poetry slam hopeful.

#TrolleyProblem #Writing #Language

The Agile vs. Waterfall Trolley Dilemma

You find yourself standing before a complex, control panel in a dimly lit room. Two paths diverge before you: one labeled "Agile", the other "Waterfall". A single, rusted lever protrudes from the center.

To your left, the Agile path, a lively bunch of developers are sprinting towards a rapidly approaching deadline, their hair on fire, eyes wide with panic. They're still iterating and refining their product, but time is running out. If you pull the lever, you'll derail their momentum, forcing them to focus and deliver something actually finished and useful on time. But if you don't, they might sprint off the cliff of completion, leaving behind a half-baked mess.

To your right, the Waterfall path, a team of meticulous, bespectacled analysts are methodically working their way through a towering stack of Gantt charts. They're following the plan to the letter, but a massive boulder of a feature has just rolled onto their critical path. If you pull the lever, you'll redirect their focus, allowing them to adapt and deliver the essentials. But if you don't, the boulder might crush their entire project under an avalanche of scope creep.

What do you do? Pull the lever and disrupt the status quo, or leave things as they are and hope for the best?

#TrolleyProblem #AgileVsWaterfall #SoftwareDevelopment #ProjectManagement

The Noodle Trolley Dilemma

You're working in your small Italian restaurant when a runaway trolley with noodles speeds down the food track.
On the left track are 5 customers who ordered "spicy pasta" but actually can't handle heat. On the right track is 1 customer who ordered a plate of your grandmother's "blissfully mild marinara" but secretly wants habanero peppers.

Pull the Lever: Everyone thinks they get the wrong order, but is secretly happy about their meal.
Don't Pull the Lever: Everyone gets their requested order but can't really enjoy it.

#TrolleyProblem #SpicyFood #ItalianCooking

@Pepijn
I’m only participating based on the assumption that there are only the two proposed courses of action available.
If this was not the case, the only acceptable action would be to save all.

Apart from having a bit of fun, the only use of the #TrolleyProblem is trying to find out if there is a difference between action and inaction.

So many needless deaths.

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The Philosopher's Trolley

You're a renowned philosopher stuck on a runaway trolley, hurtling towards a fork in the tracks. At the end of one track, there's a group of 10 logicians, all insisting that the trolley must never be stopped. At the end of the other track, there's a single existentialist, who will argue for hours about whether the trolley really exists or not.

• If you don't pull the lever, the trolley will stay on its current path, killing all 10 logicians but sparing the existentialist.
• If you pull the lever, the trolley will switch tracks, killing the existentialist but sparing the logicians.

#TrolleyProblem #Philosophy #Ethics

Serious thinkers about ethics and lives worth living should spend less time on the trolley problem and more on "Middlemarch".

#Ethics #Philosophy #MoralPhilosophy #Literature #TrolleyProblem #Middlemarch #GeorgeEliot #Books

Dr Lydgate and Rosamond

https://victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/gallery/11.html

Timelinefund + BBesch

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The Rainy Trolley Dilemma

You're standing at a junction, holding a lever. A rainstorm is approaching, and a group of 5 meteorologists are stuck on one track, unable to forecast the intensity of the storm. On the other track, a single, infamous weather anchor is giving a live report, completely unprepared for the incoming deluge.

#TrolleyProblem #Weather #Rain