Magic?

[goldisheavy]

In your opinion, is it better to work directly with the elements as opposed to working with the spirits and deities as intermediaries? Thanks for the vsociety link, it is most useful.

 

ralis

 

Is is better to hire a carpenter or is it better to work with the wood on your own?

 

Well, there are pros and cons to both and it depends on what you want.

 

If you want to understand various properties of the wood and construction, you can't get that by hiring a carpenter. You must engage in carpentry yourself. On the other hand, if you're happy to remain ignorant, then hiring a carpenter might be a good choice.

 

But even then... let's say you're ignorant of carpentry, so you hire a carpenter to do it for you. Is it a good carpenter? Is it a sucky one? You'll never know! Credentials, references, all that is flawed information. But if you yourself are a master carpenter, you can tell if another carpenter is good or not.

 

BUT! Even if you can tell the other carpenter has good skills because you're a master carpenter, and you're willing to hire this other guy, what guarantee do you have of motivation? None. A person with good skills doesn't have to use them for you, even if you make a deal.

 

So delegation has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that if you hire a carpenter whose intention is aligned with yours and who has a good skill, you can do other things in the same time that the carpenter is busy doing carpentry. But it's not free because why should someone work for you for free? Maybe if someone loves you, sure. But if someone loves, you have other problems... for example, you might want solitude but the loving person might be unwilling to leave you alone, etc.

 

In other words, nothing is absolutely better or worse, but if you know what you want, you can definitely make a good decision. Do you just want things done? Do you want to gain an understanding of things? Are you content being ignorant? Etc.