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Interesting stuff!

Reminds me of the process of designing scientific experiments. State exactly what you care about and measure it directly (not the proxies). Define the metrics before conducting the experiment and a way to aggregate these metrics. Pitch different approaches against each other by evaluating them on these metrics and choose the best one in a fair manner by detaching yourself from any approach.

The blog puts forth a nice framework that one can actually remember to apply in real life. I often unintentionally treat scientific decisions differently than real life decisions (not as quantitatively). So this is a nice way to force you to define your preferences to the best extent that you can. I also like the aspect of having this framework in a team and understanding everyone's POVs, allowing for more transparency. Often in larger groups, discussions tend to meander with viewpoints all over the place. This should also force people to start with and end with 1 objective metric at a time. I bet this exercise is quite fun when done with a team.




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