Some people like learning so much they'll do it for its own sake.

· Bits and Bobs 6/9/25
  • Some people like learning so much they'll do it for its own sake.
    • Sometimes though you can overlearn.
    • You've overperfected your knowledge for what you need.
    • Too much fidelity, not enough doing.
    • The doing is what ground truths and helps figure out where your mental model is incorrect.
    • It's the same asymptotic curve of perfection that is a bad idea in building products.
    • Overfitting to a simulation.

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