Concept: procedural caution. Just because you want to get all the groceries into your house fast, does not mean the correct thing to do is to carry all the bags from your truck in one trip. This can make it a lot more likely you break the eggs for a minimal time gain.
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the really fun thing is that the utility function U=f(x,y,z,etc) is an illusion so optimizing is always guesswork followed by post-hoc rationalization
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100% agreed about "guesswork" part disagree about the post-hoc rationalization I know that I can't measure x, y, z within an order of magnitude, do the best I can, and then move on "satisficing", one meta level up
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forget where this quote is from, but the concept of resilience seems very related to all of this:https://twitter.com/antirobust/status/1235460983713226752 …
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