The word mesa is Greek meaning into/inside/within, and has been proposed as a good opposite word to meta, which is Greek meaning about/above/beyond. Thus, we chose mesa based on thinking about mesa-optimization as conceptually dual to meta-optimization—whereas meta is one level above, mesa is one level below.
The word mesa is Greek meaning into/inside/within, and has been proposed as a good opposite word to meta, which is Greek meaning about/above/beyond. Thus, we chose mesa based on thinking about mesa-optimization as conceptually dual to meta-optimization—whereas meta is one level above, mesa is one level below.
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