I directionally agree—much of the time I can benefit by thinking a bit more about what I’m optimizing, and acting in a more optimal fashion. But I don’t think this is universally applicable.
In the long run, optimizers win.
Well, no. Most optimizers fail. Many optimizers are only seeking short-term measurable outcomes, and the long run makes them irrelevant (or dead).
When I was thinking about this, what I had in mind was “Be a smart optimizer. If the best use of your resources right now is to go slack off for a day to regain energy, do that. Better than to have 15 productive minutes and then crash.”
I am really rarely in “optimizer mode”, and wrote this in a moment of inspiration.
I directionally agree—much of the time I can benefit by thinking a bit more about what I’m optimizing, and acting in a more optimal fashion. But I don’t think this is universally applicable.
Well, no. Most optimizers fail. Many optimizers are only seeking short-term measurable outcomes, and the long run makes them irrelevant (or dead).
When I was thinking about this, what I had in mind was “Be a smart optimizer. If the best use of your resources right now is to go slack off for a day to regain energy, do that. Better than to have 15 productive minutes and then crash.”
I am really rarely in “optimizer mode”, and wrote this in a moment of inspiration.