I’m (attempting to) respond through the framework that Sarah put forth, not necessarily because I think it makes most sense ultimately but because in this thread I’m entering a state where I consider the lens as fully as I can.
In that framework, as I understand it, you can have freedom to optimize, or freedom to be arbitrary, and (potentially? not specified in the post?) the freedom to have both, but having both is indeed somewhat contradictory. It’s not impossible but it’s harder.
In particular, freedom for arbitrariness is not just “there are multiple optimal things, and you can arbitrarily pick between them.” It’s the freedom to actively make bad choices according to all your criteria.
And while technically you can argue that this is secretly just another form of optimization, on some humans the psychology motions being made are very different.
Ah, I see, thanks. Yes, I do find the framework given in the OP somewhat odd, and I hadn’t realized you were answering from that perspective. My comments do not really apply in that case, I guess.
I’m (attempting to) respond through the framework that Sarah put forth, not necessarily because I think it makes most sense ultimately but because in this thread I’m entering a state where I consider the lens as fully as I can.
In that framework, as I understand it, you can have freedom to optimize, or freedom to be arbitrary, and (potentially? not specified in the post?) the freedom to have both, but having both is indeed somewhat contradictory. It’s not impossible but it’s harder.
In particular, freedom for arbitrariness is not just “there are multiple optimal things, and you can arbitrarily pick between them.” It’s the freedom to actively make bad choices according to all your criteria.
And while technically you can argue that this is secretly just another form of optimization, on some humans the psychology motions being made are very different.
Ah, I see, thanks. Yes, I do find the framework given in the OP somewhat odd, and I hadn’t realized you were answering from that perspective. My comments do not really apply in that case, I guess.