Venkatesh Rao@vgr@sarahdoingthing eww! or oh!?Translate TweetQuote TweetSteven Moody@sjmoody·Dec 3, 2016Efficiency is the Highest Form of Beauty http://buff.ly/2frA6pq8:02 PM · Dec 3, 20162 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing and @sjmoodyMy general reaction to "efficiency" is "eww." I have visceral aversion to anybody who thinks optimization-first21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing and @sjmoodyA deep fallacy of casual use of 'optimization' metaphor is that adding info to optimization frames is trivial
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing and @sjmoodycommon assumption: "learning" is just adding info-costs, bounded rationality is just compute-cost. No.
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing and @sjmoodyLearning on a *closed* set is trivial extension of optimization mental model. Learning in an open domain breaks it13
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @vgr @sarahdoingthing and @sjmoodyditto compute costs. For problems in P, you can throw compute cost into utility fn. For NP, you're screwed.2
@mwiik·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing @vgr and @sjmoody"When two people meet, they often ask each other What do you do?" spooky b/c @Vaguery http://vaguery.com/words/do-it-wrong-together…
sol@fire__exit·Dec 3, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthingnever do a raccoon a favor @sarahdoingthing @vgr @sjmoody2