I didn't upvote this, as this is just some guys heuristic. But, I find the exploration vs exploitation mental model useful. There is theory behind it (which is

I didn't upvote this, as this is just some guys heuristic. But, I find the exploration vs exploitation mental model useful. There is theory behind it (which is used in reinforcement learning): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit