"Causality is not clear: **The question remains whether optimizers are unhappy because they are constantly seeking a better deal or if unhappy people tend to optimize out of their misery**. In any case, randomness seems to operate either as a cure or as Novocain! --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[efficiencies]], [[satisficing]] **Source** -- [[202410121132 - B - Fooled by Randomness]]