If you optimize hard for what's legible, you will reliably trade away a little of what's illegible each round.

· Bits and Bobs 10/12/26
  • If you optimize hard for what's legible, you will reliably trade away a little of what's illegible each round.
    • Nobody chooses that loss, it's simply what survives optimization.
    • Your model must be a compression of reality in order to act.
    • But that means there must be something your model leaves out.
    • Humility and curiosity are the only real defense, since they're how you notice what your model leaves out.