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So it's better to not have any data and live in continued ignorance?
by queuebert 3y ago
So it's better to not have any data and live in continued ignorance?
- jorvi 3y agoNo, but saying “ah, what does it matter if we try things haphazardly? If we fail we just try the thing again in a couple of years” is equally naive.
- vundercind 3y agoIt’s better to have no data than one high-profile poorly-executed experiment.
- starspangled 3y agoI disagree. Lots of things are executed poorly and the learning from those result in subsequent improvements.
- gretch 3y agoEverything in our society at scale is going to be “poorly executed”. If your idea only succeeds when the smartest people are running it, and they can’t make any mistakes, then it’s not actually a good idea.
- dylan604 3y agoHow many times have any of us created a PoC that gets deployed into production? Things fall down, and are attempted to be improved like changing a tire on car driving 60mph down the highway without pulling over. Do you stop the car, take a look at everything, make changes, and then put the car back on the road? Do you pull into pit row, change the tires in <10s with top off of the tank, and then get back in the race? Do you take advantage of the run flat tires you chose in advance anticipating the this would be the likely outcome while hoping the other 3 tires stay inflated? If the current situation isn't work, the worst thing to do is nothing. Paralysis by analysis can be deadly
- vundercind 3y agoIf only it were possible for terms like “poorly-executed” to adjust for context. Alas, language is not so flexible.