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- Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good abstract "The perfect is the enemy of the good is an aphorism or proverb meaning that insisting on perfection often results in no improvement at all. The phrase is commonly attributed to Voltaire whose moral poem, La Bégueule, startsAristotle, Confucius and other classical philosophers propounded the principle of the golden mean which counsels against extremism in general. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full time to complete 80% of a task while to complete the last 20% of a task takes 80% of the effort. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible and so, as increasing effort results in diminishing returns, further activity becomes increasingly inefficient. Watson-Watt, who developed early warning radar in Britain to counter the rapid growth of the Luftwaffe, propounded a "cult of the imperfect," which he stated as "Give them the third best to go on with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes." George Stigler is attributed for the adage "If you never miss a plane, you're spending too much time at the airport."".
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- Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good comment "The perfect is the enemy of the good is an aphorism or proverb meaning that insisting on perfection often results in no improvement at all. The phrase is commonly attributed to Voltaire whose moral poem, La Bégueule, startsAristotle, Confucius and other classical philosophers propounded the principle of the golden mean which counsels against extremism in general.".
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