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anonporridgetoday at 5:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

That goes both ways.

Lack of experience is critical for risk taking. Even great successes like Jensen Huang have said that if they knew how hard it was going to be, he wouldn't choose his path again.

Memory blocks you from experimentation as much as it protects you from making recurrent mistakes. A species or civilization with too much memory will eventually wither away towards complete inaction and decay.


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asdfftoday at 5:35 PM

There seems to be a balance point with the number of Chesterson's fences. Too many and you are penned in or routed on one vector only. Too few and you are blind.

pixl97today at 5:25 PM

Yep, it allows you to climb out of local maxima.

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