Alex Hutchinson

Yeah, you've touched on one of the big dilemmas and something that I really struggled with and that evolved as I was writing this book in my mind. When I started thinking about exploring, I thought, I'm going to write a book and the subtitle is going to be something along the lines of, you know, the case for why we should explore more or the case for more exploring.

Yeah, you've touched on one of the big dilemmas and something that I really struggled with and that evolved as I was writing this book in my mind. When I started thinking about exploring, I thought, I'm going to write a book and the subtitle is going to be something along the lines of, you know, the case for why we should explore more or the case for more exploring.

Yeah, you've touched on one of the big dilemmas and something that I really struggled with and that evolved as I was writing this book in my mind. When I started thinking about exploring, I thought, I'm going to write a book and the subtitle is going to be something along the lines of, you know, the case for why we should explore more or the case for more exploring.

But as I got into it, I started to have the thoughts that you've just expressed of like, oh, wait. Think of listening to music, for example. It's like most people tend to... You find the music you love when you're young, when you're in your teens and 20s. And then most people tend to listen to less and less new music as time goes on.

But as I got into it, I started to have the thoughts that you've just expressed of like, oh, wait. Think of listening to music, for example. It's like most people tend to... You find the music you love when you're young, when you're in your teens and 20s. And then most people tend to listen to less and less new music as time goes on.

But as I got into it, I started to have the thoughts that you've just expressed of like, oh, wait. Think of listening to music, for example. It's like most people tend to... You find the music you love when you're young, when you're in your teens and 20s. And then most people tend to listen to less and less new music as time goes on.

And it's not totally irrational because you've spent some time exploring. Now you know what you like. But you might say, that's a shame. We should explore more. I'm not going to fall victim to this narrowing of my taste. I'm going to keep exploring new music. And I think that's great. But if you were to take that to an extreme and say...

And it's not totally irrational because you've spent some time exploring. Now you know what you like. But you might say, that's a shame. We should explore more. I'm not going to fall victim to this narrowing of my taste. I'm going to keep exploring new music. And I think that's great. But if you were to take that to an extreme and say...

And it's not totally irrational because you've spent some time exploring. Now you know what you like. But you might say, that's a shame. We should explore more. I'm not going to fall victim to this narrowing of my taste. I'm going to keep exploring new music. And I think that's great. But if you were to take that to an extreme and say...

In fact, I'm never going to listen to the same song twice because exploring is what it's about. We can see that's absurd on the face of it, right? But that's the perspective of always keep exploring, always keep looking to the future and never stop. I'm like, I really love this song. I'm going to listen to it 17 times in a row on repeat, even if my wife kills me.

In fact, I'm never going to listen to the same song twice because exploring is what it's about. We can see that's absurd on the face of it, right? But that's the perspective of always keep exploring, always keep looking to the future and never stop. I'm like, I really love this song. I'm going to listen to it 17 times in a row on repeat, even if my wife kills me.

In fact, I'm never going to listen to the same song twice because exploring is what it's about. We can see that's absurd on the face of it, right? But that's the perspective of always keep exploring, always keep looking to the future and never stop. I'm like, I really love this song. I'm going to listen to it 17 times in a row on repeat, even if my wife kills me.

So you do have to stop and enjoy it. I think that's a really... So in a sense... There's this idea in decision science called the explore-exploit dilemma. And it is a dilemma. It's not like explore-exploit, you should always explore. Whenever you come to a fork in the road, take the road less traveled.

So you do have to stop and enjoy it. I think that's a really... So in a sense... There's this idea in decision science called the explore-exploit dilemma. And it is a dilemma. It's not like explore-exploit, you should always explore. Whenever you come to a fork in the road, take the road less traveled.

So you do have to stop and enjoy it. I think that's a really... So in a sense... There's this idea in decision science called the explore-exploit dilemma. And it is a dilemma. It's not like explore-exploit, you should always explore. Whenever you come to a fork in the road, take the road less traveled.

You've got to think about maybe now's the time to exploit, to take the music that I just discovered and sit down and listen to it or to figure out what I – Or maybe it's not. Maybe this is a good time to explore. But it's a lot less obvious than I thought it was for precisely the reasons you said. If you never stop and enjoy what you got, then I'm not sure that the exploring is super satisfying.

You've got to think about maybe now's the time to exploit, to take the music that I just discovered and sit down and listen to it or to figure out what I – Or maybe it's not. Maybe this is a good time to explore. But it's a lot less obvious than I thought it was for precisely the reasons you said. If you never stop and enjoy what you got, then I'm not sure that the exploring is super satisfying.

You've got to think about maybe now's the time to exploit, to take the music that I just discovered and sit down and listen to it or to figure out what I – Or maybe it's not. Maybe this is a good time to explore. But it's a lot less obvious than I thought it was for precisely the reasons you said. If you never stop and enjoy what you got, then I'm not sure that the exploring is super satisfying.

Yeah. So I went down a big rabbit hole on this. I was like, I come from a physics background. I'm a quantitative guy. I want the formula that will tell me when to explore or exploit. And, you know, I guess I apologize for chapter five in my book, which kind of follows that, tries to follow that rabbit hole. Because there is a ton of like... attempts to produce a formula.

Yeah. So I went down a big rabbit hole on this. I was like, I come from a physics background. I'm a quantitative guy. I want the formula that will tell me when to explore or exploit. And, you know, I guess I apologize for chapter five in my book, which kind of follows that, tries to follow that rabbit hole. Because there is a ton of like... attempts to produce a formula.