The steelman version of flailing, I think, is being willing to throw a “hail mary” when you’re about to lose anyway. If the expected outcome is already that you die, sometimes an action with naively negative value but fat tails can improve your position.
If different hail mary options are mutually exclusive, you definitely want to coordinate to pick the right one and execute it the best you can, but you also need to be willing to go for it at some point.
The steelman version of flailing, I think, is being willing to throw a “hail mary” when you’re about to lose anyway. If the expected outcome is already that you die, sometimes an action with naively negative value but fat tails can improve your position.
If different hail mary options are mutually exclusive, you definitely want to coordinate to pick the right one and execute it the best you can, but you also need to be willing to go for it at some point.