Turning Up the Radio Fixes Everything
A relaxed driver turns up his car radio while the check engine light glows on the dashboard, ignoring the issue as rain falls outside.
If your car starts making a weird noise, the smartest move is obvious: turn up the radio until the problem disappears. That’s not denial—it’s efficient troubleshooting.
Modern tech has trained us well for this approach. Between apps that crash, software updates that create new bugs, and smart devices that suddenly need Wi-Fi just to exist, we’ve learned that not every issue deserves immediate attention. Sometimes the best solution is simply to override the signal with something louder, shinier, or more distracting. It’s basically the same logic behind ignoring notifications, dismissing error messages, or trusting that the algorithm will “figure it out eventually” (see https://www.chadgeepeety.com/cartoons/software-updates-fix-nothing).
In a world powered by automation, AI, and constant updates, problems rarely go away—they just get quieter when you stop listening to them. Whether it’s your car, your laptop, or your entire digital life, volume control has quietly become a universal coping mechanism. If you can’t hear it, it’s probably fine. And if it isn’t, that’s a future-you problem (see https://www.chadgeepeety.com/cartoons/turn-it-off-and-on-again).
Confidence is knowing the issue exists. Wisdom is knowing how loud to make the music.
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