Sorry, but this seems to me to confuse the topic of the post “Experimental Longtermism” and the topic of this post. Note that the posts are independent, and about different topics.
The table in this post is about timescales of OODA loops (observe–orient–decide–act), not about feedback. For example, in a situation which is unfolding on a timescale of days and weeks, as was the early response to covid, some actions are just too slow to have an impact: for example, writing a book, or funding basic research. The same is true for some decision and observation making processes: the speed of the whole loop matters, and if the decide part needs, for example, to 50 ppl from 5 different organizations to convene and reach a consensus, it won’t work.
The first O in OODA implies something new to observe, no? And within the OODAL of a city there are many smaller loops where eg you see if your friend where’s a mask if you ask them.
And with the ToC and such I thought the first post was kind of an introduction/abstract.
Anyway I’m looking forward to these posts and very curious what the OODA loop of a city looks like
Sorry, but this seems to me to confuse the topic of the post “Experimental Longtermism” and the topic of this post. Note that the posts are independent, and about different topics.
The table in this post is about timescales of OODA loops (observe–orient–decide–act), not about feedback. For example, in a situation which is unfolding on a timescale of days and weeks, as was the early response to covid, some actions are just too slow to have an impact: for example, writing a book, or funding basic research. The same is true for some decision and observation making processes: the speed of the whole loop matters, and if the decide part needs, for example, to 50 ppl from 5 different organizations to convene and reach a consensus, it won’t work.
The first O in OODA implies something new to observe, no? And within the OODAL of a city there are many smaller loops where eg you see if your friend where’s a mask if you ask them.
And with the ToC and such I thought the first post was kind of an introduction/abstract.
Anyway I’m looking forward to these posts and very curious what the OODA loop of a city looks like