Brillaint piece on the paradox of optimization culture. Your observation about losing somatic intelligence really resonates. What strikes me is how this mirrors the Goodhart's Law problem in systems design: when a measure becomes atarget, it ceases to be a good measure. By treating HRV and biomarkers as endpoints rather than proxies for wellbeing, we create perverse incentives where improving the metric actually degrades the underlying goal. The quarterly testing cycle you suggest is smart because it reintroduces temporal distance that prevents this kind of metric fixation, similar to how index fund investors outperform day traders precisely becuase they're not constantly reacting to price signals.
Oh thank you - coming from a pro like you it makes my day!
The next piece should be for you too then...let me know what you think. Thanks again for your feedback, it helps me become a better author on Substack.
Brillaint piece on the paradox of optimization culture. Your observation about losing somatic intelligence really resonates. What strikes me is how this mirrors the Goodhart's Law problem in systems design: when a measure becomes atarget, it ceases to be a good measure. By treating HRV and biomarkers as endpoints rather than proxies for wellbeing, we create perverse incentives where improving the metric actually degrades the underlying goal. The quarterly testing cycle you suggest is smart because it reintroduces temporal distance that prevents this kind of metric fixation, similar to how index fund investors outperform day traders precisely becuase they're not constantly reacting to price signals.
Oh thank you - coming from a pro like you it makes my day!
The next piece should be for you too then...let me know what you think. Thanks again for your feedback, it helps me become a better author on Substack.
Great read! Needed to see this!
Thank you for your feedback :) - always appreciate it
This was very insightful! Thank you for this!
Doing my best! Thanks for your feedback :)