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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-1087

Deliberately accept temporary performance decreases…

Deliberately accept temporary performance decreases by exploring different frameworks when stuck at local optima, as hill-climbing within current constraints cannot reach higher peaks elsewhere in the solution space.

Why This Is a Principle

Follows from simulated annealing logic applied to axioms about learned helplessness (When organisms are repeatedly exposed to aversive situations), hyperbolic discounting (Humans discount future rewards hyperbolically rather…), and future self distance (Humans discount future rewards hyperbolically, with value…). Prescribes accepting short-term loss for long-term gain.