When you metric-maximize, you remove the ability to navigate according to your values.

· Bits and Bobs 6/10/24

Maximizing erodes the ineffable non-transactional values.

Once your values erode all you're left with is the metric.

The downside of metric-maximizing is only visible in multi-ply thinking.

The upside of metrics maxing is single-ply, so it wins by default in arguments.