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you're always in a box. being aware of the box can help you tremendously. it's when you think that you've left the box that's dangerous, because you're still
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
you're always in a box. being aware of the box can help you tremendously. it's when you think that you've left the box that's dangerous, because you're still in the box, but now you don't know it.
- Hoff 18y agoIt's even better to recognize when your competition has sequestered themselves in a box; when your competition is being predictable.
- orib 18y agoYou're always in a box, but it's not necessarily a cubic box, and it usually has more odd nooks and crannies than you'd expect. Most people restrict themselves to a certain well-explored subset of your problem space. The trick is to explore the rest of it. And this analogy is overextended and cliché. Let's move on and find better analogies.
- bigbang 18y agoYeah, you are always in the box. But, you dont know its boundaries, thats when it gets intersting and challenging
- nazgulnarsil 18y agoof course exploring the box from the inside can never tell us if the box is bright purple and unusually shaped, because there is no outside to stand in. if aliens ever come along, they might tell us things that are along the lines of "well of course your box is purple how could you not see that?" and of course we'll be able to tell them that their box is lime green.
- Eliezer 18y agoWell said.
- dmoney 18y agohttp://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/corporate/letter16072004.html http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/corporate/letter16072004...
- steveplace 18y agoSo it's not a box, it's more of a hypercube.