The Basics Guide

Tag: Optimization

  • Human Inversion – When Systems Serve Themselves, Not Us

    Systems built to serve humans often reverse, demanding humans serve them. This structural inversion drives meaningless work, platform decay, and institutional dysfunction. Recognition of this shift is the first step toward restoring balance between individual needs and systemic momentum.

  • Recursion Limit

    Recursion Limit

    The “Recursion Limit” specifies how many times a function can call itself before triggering a system error. Established to avert infinite loops and stack overflow, it reflects the computer’s finite memory constraints. While set by default in most programming languages, it’s pivotal for ensuring program stability.

  • Goodhart’s Law

    Goodhart’s Law

    Coined by Charles Goodhart, the principle “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure” highlights the unintended repercussions of emphasizing a singular metric. Originating from monetary policy observations, the principle reveals how entities adjust their behaviors in response to metrics becoming primary objectives across diverse sectors.