Since, even at a literal company building literal products, there’s value in conversations that are exploratory. But in that case the “sub-product” that you’re working on might be “an exploration of the space.”)
I think even in this case (as well as the conversation one) there’s “levels of intentionality” that restrict your conscious and subconscious search space. For instance, at LW you probably have conversations that are “What features could be good?” and some conversations that are “What would this feature look like?” and some conversations that are “How might we solve the problem of common knowledge and peer review”.
I see these sorts of things as levels of intentionality, and still fit into the frame of babble/prune, explore/exploit etc.
Similarly, you could have a conversation where you’re building a product, a conversation where you’re exploring different products to build, or a conversation where you’re open to working on multiple products at once.
On the other hand, this is stretching the metaphor a bit.
I think even in this case (as well as the conversation one) there’s “levels of intentionality” that restrict your conscious and subconscious search space. For instance, at LW you probably have conversations that are “What features could be good?” and some conversations that are “What would this feature look like?” and some conversations that are “How might we solve the problem of common knowledge and peer review”.
I see these sorts of things as levels of intentionality, and still fit into the frame of babble/prune, explore/exploit etc.
Similarly, you could have a conversation where you’re building a product, a conversation where you’re exploring different products to build, or a conversation where you’re open to working on multiple products at once.
On the other hand, this is stretching the metaphor a bit.