It's easier for superpositions to exist in our head than in the world.

· Bits and Bobs 11/4/24

If you have a nuanced idea in your head, either pay the coordination cost to write and communicate concretely enough, or do it yourself.

A superposition takes exponential complexity to write down, and then it's no longer a fluid thing that can adapt on its own, it's a concrete thing that is brittle and has to be changed to fit if necessary.

If you execute the idea yourself, you fundamentally can only get a single multiplier on the idea, never orders of magnitude.

This fundamental tension is part of what makes organizations so fundamentally frustrating to try to get anything coherent done in.

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