In a close-ended system (Mediocristan) feedback loops take you towards an average point.
In open-ended systems (Extremistan) feedback loops take you away from an average point.
From other episodes
- The model and its harness together are like lichen.2026-04-13
- The time to reflect and write what you learned gives compounding momentum.2026-03-30
- Vertical AI is compressing the B2C-to-infrastructure arc into a single move.2026-03-23
- Find the smallest feedback loop that could work.2026-02-09
- An excellent post from Brendan McCord: A World Unobserved.2025-12-15
- Feedback loops create leverage.2025-10-27
- The inductive logic of folksonomies is not "from a standstill is this item good?"2025-10-13
- A key approach for agent learning: accumulating insights in a LEARNINGS.md.2025-10-13