Other People's Incomplete Decisision
2026-02-02
They make a decision. I point out edge cases they haven’t considered. They respond with vague generalizations that don’t address the gaps. I am not responsible for the completeness of their thinking. I did my part: I raised the concerns. What they do with that input is theirs to own. I will implement what was explicitly decided. The unaddressed cases are not my burden to carry — and when they surface, the accountability lies where the decision was made. Adults made a choice. It does not harm another being. I follow it. That’s where my responsibility ends.
"Some things are within our power, while others are not. Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever is of our own doing; not within our power are our body, our property, reputation, office, and, in a word, whatever is not of our own doing." — Epictetus, Enchiridion 1