"This has come to be known as the **Colour of the Bike Shed Phenomenon: the time spent on any item will be in inverse proportion to its cost and importance**. Relentlessly, the trivial squeezes out the non-trivial. The reactor may suffer a meltdown due to some overlooked technical matter, but never mind: check out the awesome letterhead stationery we spent so long getting right!" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[law-of-triviality]], [[making-decisions]], [[ego]], [[crucial-conversations]], [[colour-of-the-bike-shed-phenomenon]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]