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Optionality exists because we're still zeroing in on the ideal.
by preseinger 5y ago
Optionality exists because we're still zeroing in on the ideal.
- laumars 5y agoNo, it exists because people depend on different use cases. There’s no such thing as a one size fits all. To suggest there is only demonstrates how little exposure you’ve have to the wider field of computing.
- bscphil 5y agoIs that true for ... anything at all, though? Outside of computer programs, where you claim it is? The ideal food, the ideal movie, the ideal vacation, the ideal video game, the ideal body, the ideal sofa, the ideal tree... Choice arises because humans are different, and want - and need! - different things.
- preseinger 5y agoThere is no ideal food. There is an ideal shell. The difference is that the goals of a shell are well defined, and invariant to human preference. Human preference is real! But when it comes to computer systems it's rarely the correct variable to be maximizing in the optimization equation. The most wonderful property of humans is that we are adaptable: if a circumstance requires us to think of things in a model that isn't our intuitive choice, because the nonintuitive model produces better outcomes by the meaningful metrics, then we are capable of doing that! Our preferences are not these sacrosanct things that dominate the design calculus. They can and should take a backseat to other things when appropriate.