Digesting the points from Vladimir’s comment, I would say that optimization power would have the following as criteria.
Present Power and potential power
Coherence in goals
Sustainability—whether they look like a one trick pony or there is something genuinely fascinating going on inside.
Creativity - a track record of surprising solutions/impressive outcomes. for eg. for the chinese politburo, I would put high speed trains in tibet as a very noteworthy outcome.
Digesting the points from Vladimir’s comment, I would say that optimization power would have the following as criteria.
Present Power and potential power
Coherence in goals
Sustainability—whether they look like a one trick pony or there is something genuinely fascinating going on inside.
Creativity - a track record of surprising solutions/impressive outcomes. for eg. for the chinese politburo, I would put high speed trains in tibet as a very noteworthy outcome.