As I talk to different folks from different domains, it's always interesting to me to learn what they're optimizing for and what the variables are.<p>Usually there's a sweet spot between two extremes.<p>Examples:<p>- Bias-Variance trade off from statistics and machine learning<p>- Freedom vs Security from philosophy<p>- Explore vs Exploit from computer science<p>I'd love to hear some other examples from e.g. anthropology, chemistry, physics, bio, marketing, etc.<p>What I'm really hoping is that this happens as much as possible:<p>- person from field A posts<p>- person from field B replies to field A post: hey! that's kind of like X from field B<p>- person from field C comments: Or like Y from field C!<p>etc