Looseness is a downside when trying to have an efficient, correct, tightly steerable system.

· Bits and Bobs 11/4/24

Those situations are where you want something that is hard.

But looseness is great for resilient, adaptable systems.

Those are situations where you want something that is soft.

Looseness is antifragility; it allows variance to be absorbed to become strength.

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