Humans may enjoy watching messy, unoptimized problems unfold more than perfectly optimized solutions in sports.

“it is a deep question like what's more interesting, a problem or a solution?”

The decision to optimize or not should be based on an individual's personal goals and what they want to achieve with their time.

“the question ends up being what are you optimizing for”

Giving away items is an effective strategy for creating space rather than wasting time trying to sell them.

“I just give it away mhm because if you think about how much you're going to sell it for it's almost always like Pennies on the dollar but it's it causes you to store it for like three more years than you would if you were just like I know somebody who would like this”

Optimization should be used to eliminate things that compromise one's fun and creativity, rather than adhering to societal expectations.

“optimization is really about tuning in to what those things are that compromise your fun and compr compromise your creativity and then setting up the boundaries that protect that”