Saints and Traders: The John Henry fable reconsidered: ribbonfarm.com/2014/06/04/sai (ht and Sarah Constantin for inspiration)
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Hmm... that's a very intriguing connection, thanks. Will have to think it through.
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Can it be generalized to explore vs exploit? Saints build their identity around exploiting, Traders around exploring?
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I think that's a traderly description of what's going on :)
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Could be :) But nothing against exploiting-- it's the way to go if things don't change very often and received wisdom reflects reality.
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which has been exponentially untrue since ~1600. Only noticing now because rate of change now noticeable within 0.3 lifespan.
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