If I understood it correctly, the central point of this post is that very often, knowing what to do is a much larger problem than having the ability to do things, i.e., money and power. I often like to say that planning is an information problem for this reason. This post is an excellent articulation of this point, probably the best I’ve seen.
It’s an important point. Ultimately, it is precisely this point that unifies epistemic and practical rationality, the skills of figuring out what’s true and skills of achieving success. When you recognize that success is hard because you don’t know what to do, you appreciate why understanding what is actually true is darned important, and that figuring out how to discover truth is among the best way to accomplish goals whose solution isn’t known.
This can all get applied downstream in Value of Information calculations and in knowledge-centric approaches to planning. It’s good stuff. Thanks!
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If I understood it correctly, the central point of this post is that very often, knowing what to do is a much larger problem than having the ability to do things, i.e., money and power. I often like to say that planning is an information problem for this reason. This post is an excellent articulation of this point, probably the best I’ve seen.
It’s an important point. Ultimately, it is precisely this point that unifies epistemic and practical rationality, the skills of figuring out what’s true and skills of achieving success. When you recognize that success is hard because you don’t know what to do, you appreciate why understanding what is actually true is darned important, and that figuring out how to discover truth is among the best way to accomplish goals whose solution isn’t known.
This can all get applied downstream in Value of Information calculations and in knowledge-centric approaches to planning. It’s good stuff. Thanks!