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What things in life *shouldn't* we optimize? (with Christie Aschwanden)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

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Exploration vs Exploration

There's a number of different variables that sort of influence any given situation, whether you should be doing more exploration versus exploitation. In an environment where there's like an occasional choice that just kills you or has really, really bad outcomes, then exploration has a significant cost. Whereas in a safe environment where you can explore without incurring a significant chance of something really bad happen, then exploration is less costly. And I think a third factor just has to do with how much upside you think there is in that domain,.

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