Wherever there's a tradeoff, there is an invariant that causes it. Wherever there's an invariant, there's a symmetry law.
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Huh? There are trade-offs that don't directly track with any invariant, such as any case where there are multiple uncorrelated goals.
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in this case the invariant is "I have only a limited amount of effort to spend", if I understand you correctly?