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A nice generalization. An example in statistics is the expectation operator. You can throw away a lot of detail if you only care about one central moment. And
by xpe 2y ago
A nice generalization.
An example in statistics is the expectation operator. You can throw away a lot of detail if you only care about one central moment. And if you need more information about a distribution, add more moments.
Also, this works for public policy. Frame everything as a well functioning market and hope for the best. /s
But seriously, a nice intuition.
- LudwigNagasena 2y agoWell, “think of the other points as (fixed point) + (small perturbation) and reduce your work to handling the perturbation” is literally how modern economic models (DSGE) are studied and then used for public policy.