In real life, there are too many variables to optimize each one. But if a variable is brought to your attention, it is probably important enough to consider optimizing it.
Negative example: you don’t see your eyelids; they are doing their job of protecting your eyes, so there’s no need to optimize them.
Positive example: you tie your shoelaces; they are the focus of your attention. Can this process be optimized? Can you learn to tie shoelaces faster, or learn a more reliable knot?
Humans already do something like this, but mostly consider optimizing a variable when it annoys them. I suggest widening the consideration space because the “annoyance” threshold is mostly emotional and therefore probably optimized for a world with far fewer variables and much smaller room for improvement (though I only know evolutionary psychology at a very surface level and might be wrong).
Idea status: butterfly idea
In real life, there are too many variables to optimize each one. But if a variable is brought to your attention, it is probably important enough to consider optimizing it.
Negative example: you don’t see your eyelids; they are doing their job of protecting your eyes, so there’s no need to optimize them.
Positive example: you tie your shoelaces; they are the focus of your attention. Can this process be optimized? Can you learn to tie shoelaces faster, or learn a more reliable knot?
Humans already do something like this, but mostly consider optimizing a variable when it annoys them. I suggest widening the consideration space because the “annoyance” threshold is mostly emotional and therefore probably optimized for a world with far fewer variables and much smaller room for improvement (though I only know evolutionary psychology at a very surface level and might be wrong).