Selecting for good enough and selecting for great pull you in two different directions.

· Bits and Bobs 3/30/26
  • Selecting for good enough and selecting for great pull you in two different directions.
    • The former pulls you towards Gilded Turds.
    • The latter pulls you towards Grubby Truffles.
    • This creates the process of canalization: when robustness of a good enough outcome is more important than a great outcome.
      • It pulls back to the mean with downside-capping mechanisms like creating stable processes, distilling checklists, and norms.

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