In many cases good is not the opposite of bad. Our brain is fantastic evaluation and extrapolation machine. Often I find myself judging something on a 1 dimens

In many cases good is not the opposite of bad. Our brain is fantastic evaluation and extrapolation machine. Often I find myself judging something on a 1 dimensional scale, where 'good' is at one end and 'bad' at the other. More often than not that's a gross over simplification, and not helpful as a mental model. The 2 dimensional model, bad vs not bad and good vs not good is, in many cases, a much better fit. (Of course reality has a lot more dimensions usually - you get the gist). To make an example, Elon Musk is not a genius or an idiot, he is likely both a genius and an idiot.