I talk a lot about interestingness in this newsletter. The idea of pursuing the direction of maximal interestingness was a key principle in the Season 1 essays. But it recently struck me that the opposed principle -- pursuing the direction of maximal boringness -- is an equally profound idea. There is no contradiction here. As Niels Bohr said, "the opposite of every great truth is also a great truth."
Let's Make Things Boring
Let's Make Things Boring
Let's Make Things Boring
I talk a lot about interestingness in this newsletter. The idea of pursuing the direction of maximal interestingness was a key principle in the Season 1 essays. But it recently struck me that the opposed principle -- pursuing the direction of maximal boringness -- is an equally profound idea. There is no contradiction here. As Niels Bohr said, "the opposite of every great truth is also a great truth."