ISSUE #175: Aspen's "Bike Shed" Effect 9/13/20

"When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to."

 - Epictetus

When I learned of the Law of Triviality and its metaphoric concept of "bike-shedding," I simply cracked up. In short, the argument that people within an organization give disproportionate weight to trivial issues immediately reminded me of one particular organization, Aspen's city council.  I had fun writing this one.

Read my column from Sunday's Aspen Times HERE