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I really enjoy this article, because as simple as the point is, there's something a bit novel taking what we've discovered in Machine Learning and applying it t
by jadbox 7y ago
I really enjoy this article, because as simple as the point is, there's something a bit novel taking what we've discovered in Machine Learning and applying it to general life outlook strategies. I've often had this intuition about the best strategy through life is having a dynamic shifting goal/feedback horizon between 'long shots' and 'short-term heads-down' life focus, but the article far better articulates the form of this strategy.
- asdfman123 7y agoAnother ML metaphor is this: don't just start from one point and do gradient descent. Try starting at many different points and working your way through the descent logic. It may be more trial and error and more dead ends, but you might indeed find your global minimum. To speak like a human: try new things and don't give up on them immediately. Another ML metaphor: I wonder if the concept of an identity crisis is a way to dislodge yourself from a local minimum? You know something better is out there, but you haven't done enough exploration so eventually you rebel and give up your comfortable little basin.
- johnsimer 7y agoI love that identity crisis metaphor
- asdfman123 7y agoI've been through it, and from what I understand that's actually what triggers it. If you don't try enough things in life, you can reach a state of crisis -- so never stop exploring.