Perfect is the Enemy of Good

Maladaptive Perfectionism, brain science and decision making

“Perfect is the enemy of Good,” I said, and I left the ugly screw alone.

Screws and rods don’t seem like they belong inside the human body. It sometimes looks as if the shiny metal, dripping with blood, protrudes from ivory spinal bones like the appendage of an alien-robot invader. But the internal fixation of vertebrae certainly has its proper place in …