Note that the production analogy assumes a level of value-alignment (or easiness of value alignment) that’s not necessarily present in just living your life.
If I recall correctly, Toyota is the company that installed the pull-cord anyone on the assembly line could pull to halt the process, which seems like quite a lot of slack in some sense, without being a buffer in the sense I take you to mean.
There’s a sense in which buffer that’s not being used productively is more like clutter than slack. These seem worth distinguishing between, since they’re very different kinds of having more than enough.
[a] buffer that’s not being used productively is more like clutter than slack.
I like this specific observation and totally agree. Buffers can be slack, but there are definitely other ways. The key seems to be granting options—like with the pull-cord.
Note that the production analogy assumes a level of value-alignment (or easiness of value alignment) that’s not necessarily present in just living your life.
If I recall correctly, Toyota is the company that installed the pull-cord anyone on the assembly line could pull to halt the process, which seems like quite a lot of slack in some sense, without being a buffer in the sense I take you to mean.
There’s a sense in which buffer that’s not being used productively is more like clutter than slack. These seem worth distinguishing between, since they’re very different kinds of having more than enough.
I like this specific observation and totally agree. Buffers can be slack, but there are definitely other ways. The key seems to be granting options—like with the pull-cord.