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Why is this voted down? The author here isn't being flippant nor religious nor obtuse. Yin/Yang represent the idea that head/tail, good/bad, pretty/ugly are dependent on your perspective. When working with complex information, realizing that you can approach the problem from different perspecives is critical to communication.

Look at this poster's history. He's got a track record of thoughtful contributions -- this post is no deviation. Just because you don't understand what he's saying doesn't make his comment incorrect or irrelevant.



Thanks Clark for this comment. Downvotes without explanation doesn't help the poster understand what went wrong and fix it in the future. But I suspect it was the Yin/Yang analogy and lack of an introduction that flipped people.

The analogy is used to show how both debit and credit have a dual and interconnected relationship than the more simplistic notion of being opposites.

If anyone is interested in this way of looking at bookkeeping, here is a lengthier explanation with examples: https://github.com/jasim/bookkeeping


This is a good point jasmine!

We'll read that document and incorporate the ideas where they're helpful.

Thanks!


You can down vote? I don't see any down vote button on HN. Do you need a certain number of reps for it to work?




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