This video shows a slime mold doing exploration/discovery and then exploitation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFREOgmo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFRE

This video shows a slime mold doing exploration/discovery and then exploitation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFREOgmo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFREOgmo Relating it to the article, it seems we function in a similar way to the mold, but our balance between exploration and exploitation changes as we grow up. Also reading other comments, it seems like different people have different balances or proportions between the exploration/exploitation modes. I personally am very imbalanced towards exploration; exploitation makes me demotivate and stop doing very quickly.