Re: asymmetric snooping

Posted by glen ropella on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/asymmetric-snooping-tp7583857p7583893.html

Marcus G. Daniels wrote at 09/26/2013 10:29 AM:
> A counterexample that comes to mind is investment strategy.   Also, long ago I used to develop substantial amounts of Lisp for my Windows manager and Emacs.  This was just to tune my environment, do automated filtering of e-mails, etc.  Now I realize that I don't have the time or access to control the environments I work in, and it's mostly a waste.

If "mostly" simply means > 50%, then yeah.  But even 1% investment into your generalizable efficacy can swamp a 49% waste in efficiency.

> Keeping closer with the topic, I think some people often`classify' personal, but controversial political views.  Helen Thomas comes to mind as a cautionary tale.   Whenever an influential person speaks, especially a person in politics, they may choose to not speak to many sorts of topics.   I accept that some politicians are quick on their feet and can modulate `at the drop of a hat', but I think it takes some planning too, at least for folks early in their career. They analyze their constituency, and build a dynamic rank ordering in their head of the top ten ways to go down -- some of these they must learn the hard way.  Note I don't think this inhibition is healthy, or even particularly honest, but I think it occurs.

Alright.  You win that one. 8^) A balance on the spectrum between pure situational facility and a dynamic selection amongst pre-constructed rules is probably the most robust.

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