Increasingly realizing how direct this is. The alpha v beta tradeoff extends metaphorically way beyond the valid statistical context

Thinking though that knowingly saying wrong things isn't that bad, since ppl similar enough to me will just ignore the obviously wrong parts(?)... https://twitter.com/warm_horizons/status/1242142290849591297
Thinking of the tradeoff more generally as high-reward vs. low-punishment.

I suppose I should be going for reward directly proportional to the punishment I could tolerate? Seems too naive though

Microeconomics/financials of the information-economy lol
Free-market trading metaphors actually seem to apply uncannily well to considerations like "how much truth should I be telling?"

Perhaps this is indicative that currency actually is a good representation of general value??
In any case I'll leave this thread here to link when people flame me for being wrong, as I try out saying increasingly wrong things into the future.
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