The problem with long feedback loops, is that even when you are effective you have to take it on faith that it was because of your actions.
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Replying to @nouswaves
Well maybe it was and maybe it wasn't. Maybe the wind was just on your side.
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Replying to @nouswaves
The problem with short feedback loops is that they bias us towards short-term payoffs even when a low time preference is preferable.
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Replying to @michelteivel
@michelteivel Ability to delay gratification as an optimisation of greater future reward, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@michelteivel It's often considered 'good' but conversely the longer a feedback loop the harder it is to learn the effects of your actions.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua Makes sense. My intution was more about machine learning. :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@michelteivel Care to describe for a layperson? (Machine learning is on my list of warrens that seem to be as deep as they are useful.)
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