Explore or Exploit: what this star will be

Explore or Exploit is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Strategy, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: The best-known option is only best if there is no time left to look.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are Beginner's Mind, Optionality, Regret Minimisation and Reinforcement Learning. When Explore or Exploit opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

Ask for this star

Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Explore or Exploit and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.