> No, I can use data, the problem is I don't know what all the effects of that optimization will be. So I constantly have to change what I'm optimizing for.
What are you trying to say here? Optimizing things with data is hard?
> Broadly, but there are limited resources and each thing effects the other. So even though we agree that A and B are worth optimizing for, we will disagree on which is more important. Worse in many cases we will agree on A and B, but the data shows you cannot optimize for one without pessimism the other.
I think we even agree broadly enough on the relative weights of many things to optimize for them. And I think we at the very least agree enough on things to partially optimize them, or pareto optimize them. In many cases there are low-hanging fruit to be picked that can optimize a metric that we all agree is good without sacrificing another.
What are you trying to say here? Optimizing things with data is hard?
> Broadly, but there are limited resources and each thing effects the other. So even though we agree that A and B are worth optimizing for, we will disagree on which is more important. Worse in many cases we will agree on A and B, but the data shows you cannot optimize for one without pessimism the other.
I think we even agree broadly enough on the relative weights of many things to optimize for them. And I think we at the very least agree enough on things to partially optimize them, or pareto optimize them. In many cases there are low-hanging fruit to be picked that can optimize a metric that we all agree is good without sacrificing another.