I think at its most interesting it looks like encrypting your actions and thought processes so that they look like noise or chaos to outside observers.
I think that’s definitely an aspect of the interesting side: effective encryption relies on deep understanding of how well the opponent can break the encryption. It needs to be strong enough to seem certain it won’t be broken in a reasonable timeframe, but that balances against being fast enough to encrypt/decrypt so it’s practical to use.
The encryption metaphor also highlights a side of rationality as rendering one’s thoughts and actions maximally legible to observers, which strikes me as being true in some ways and interestingly limited in others.
I think at its most interesting it looks like encrypting your actions and thought processes so that they look like noise or chaos to outside observers.
I think that’s definitely an aspect of the interesting side: effective encryption relies on deep understanding of how well the opponent can break the encryption. It needs to be strong enough to seem certain it won’t be broken in a reasonable timeframe, but that balances against being fast enough to encrypt/decrypt so it’s practical to use.
The encryption metaphor also highlights a side of rationality as rendering one’s thoughts and actions maximally legible to observers, which strikes me as being true in some ways and interestingly limited in others.