Optimization

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Optimization is not a cold and heartless thing. It is making life easier and smoother.

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Currently, I consider Optimization to be isomorphic to Good Design. And Good design involves experimentation.

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When does optimization not require experimentation? Seems like there would be a time..

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A Metaphor

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Optimizing your breathing is removing blockages so you can breathe freely to get more oxygen. It is not making you breathe faster so you can get more oxygen.

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Maybe there needs to be another word for optimization that feels less like incessant pushing and more like clearing obstructions and lubricating channels.

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Counter-argument

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Alternatively, inspired by a point brought up by Carmen Augustine, when sub-optimization is an object of blame, it can also be a facade to deflect from other forms of ineffectiveness. Seeing as optimization can apply to any form of effectiveness, this is not a problem of the concept itself. Rather it is natural to have a tendency to more easily accept external sources of blame ( Self-serving bias).

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References

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