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I once read about a simple AI strategy for multiple games that has stuck with me. The strategy at any point was to make moves which increase the number of moves available to the AI.

When making decisions now, I often step back and think about what types of decisions will give me more opportunities to make more choices. This often involves increasing the funds available to me.

Funds without encumbrance are better than a debt of any kind though... and venture capital is just a different kind of debt.




In some situations, curtailing your options can be good. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precommitment


Interesting. I can see how that could be effective due to our natural tendancy to over value immediate utility.

It makes me wonder what sort of evolutionary advantage that sort of willpower breakdown provides... If any.




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