In your example, money versus happiness is a choice between alternatives. Whatever goal you are trying to optimize towards should provide the guidance in making the choices between alternatives.
Language about “Over-optimizing” one alternative at the expense of another distracts from identifying your real goals and how you make the tradeoffs to achieve them
In your example, money versus happiness is a choice between alternatives. Whatever goal you are trying to optimize towards should provide the guidance in making the choices between alternatives.
Language about “Over-optimizing” one alternative at the expense of another distracts from identifying your real goals and how you make the tradeoffs to achieve them