# “There’s a thing for that” is a bad signal Means someone doesn’t actually care about a solution This manifests as * “I wrote a paper/book about that” * ## Questions ## Related [[“There’s a startup for that” is a harmful dogma]] ## References <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/“There’s+a+thing+for+that”+is+a+bad+signal) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/“There’s+a+thing+for+that”+is+a+bad+signal)