Thank you for your comment and suggestion. When you mention "constraints" are you talking about constraints from the perspective of bounded rationality or is it in relation to something else? Thanks again for your support!
Hi, thank you for your reply. In terms of why constraints are necessary rather than having absolute freedom is more a fact of life than a mental model. They may or may not be necessary but do exist in one form or another i.e. there will always be constraints. Let me take two examples: Firstly (although this sounds absurd) why can't I jump from Earth and land on the moon, because there are constraints. Now are those constraints really necessary (for the point I am trying to make let's say no, because hypothetically I really want to be able to jump from planet Earth and land on the moon) but the fact is that constraints do exist. They exist in nature such as gravity pulling me down or in physiology such as me not being able to fly or even health related such as there is no way to breathe (without equipment) in space. Now let me take my second example of a working environment. In such an environment there are usually codes of conduct or principles to abide by, or at the very least a contract of employment which dictates the terms of employment. All of these are forms of constraints and they are very necessary because they will amongst other things ensure that the working environment is both consistent for everyone working there and a harmonious and productive environment to get work done. If anyone could go and do anything in a working environment then it wouldn't serve its purpose. And so the point I am making by my two examples is that whether or not a constraint is necessary is dependent on what the scenario/event is. There is also an element of reasonableness in that a speed limit on a motorway is a more reasonable constraint than having the motorway completely shut down as a measure to avoid catastrophic accidents. Constraints will always exist (even if we think there are none), you might think that you have the absolute freedom to eat food and up to a certain extent that would be true but the constraint will be that you will become full or run out of food or run out of eating time... if you go to a restaurant and there is an all you can eat buffet - again there will be the constraint in that the restaurant will close and that is when you can't eat anymore even if the food doesn't run out or your appetite is unlimited! So from my humble perspective, there are always constraints in one form or another. I think what is more important is to be able to identify these and to do something about them. If there are restrictions or limitations which is slowing you down then identifying these and trying to eliminate them could be a strategy to make you more productive. This point in a nutshell is the "Theory of constraints" and although I don't say it in my video on Pinch Points this is what the video is about so please have a watch of this. There is also the videos on: The Map is not the Territory and Circle of Competence which both touch on constraints in slightly different ways. I will also - at some point in the future - be doing a video on Bounded Rationality. All of these explore, from a slightly different angle, the world of boundaries, limitations, restrictions, constraints. So please have a watch of these. Links to all three videos are below. As as a general topic there isn't much more I can say on constraints therefore I don't plan to do a general video on this but as constraints always exist, I know that I will acknowledge these in many of my videos, the three above are more focused on them. Apologies for taking time to respond and for the long nature of this reply, I wanted to give you a decent response rather than something superficial. I hope this is helpful. And again thank you for your support! Please share my channel with your friends and family! Links: Pinch points (ruclips.net/video/BAyTDV-4Rbg/видео.htmlsi=wVaqOm7PZUIhr79e) Map is not the territory (ruclips.net/video/OQ3hie5WR-U/видео.htmlsi=XqJIDcUKTrGrvcPc) Circle of competence (ruclips.net/video/vbzeTVvxKPk/видео.htmlsi=nl7E0_gjDA93Now4)
Good video will good to watch again very educated 👍🙏
Thank you for your support and kind words as always
I don't know if you are taking requests, but a video on constraints or limitations or rules and why they matter will be nice.
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. When you mention "constraints" are you talking about constraints from the perspective of bounded rationality or is it in relation to something else?
Thanks again for your support!
@@kartikparekh8807 I was thinking more in line of constraints as a concept generally. Why they're necessary compared to absolute freedom.
Hi, thank you for your reply.
In terms of why constraints are necessary rather than having absolute freedom is more a fact of life than a mental model. They may or may not be necessary but do exist in one form or another i.e. there will always be constraints.
Let me take two examples: Firstly (although this sounds absurd) why can't I jump from Earth and land on the moon, because there are constraints. Now are those constraints really necessary (for the point I am trying to make let's say no, because hypothetically I really want to be able to jump from planet Earth and land on the moon) but the fact is that constraints do exist. They exist in nature such as gravity pulling me down or in physiology such as me not being able to fly or even health related such as there is no way to breathe (without equipment) in space.
Now let me take my second example of a working environment. In such an environment there are usually codes of conduct or principles to abide by, or at the very least a contract of employment which dictates the terms of employment. All of these are forms of constraints and they are very necessary because they will amongst other things ensure that the working environment is both consistent for everyone working there and a harmonious and productive environment to get work done. If anyone could go and do anything in a working environment then it wouldn't serve its purpose.
And so the point I am making by my two examples is that whether or not a constraint is necessary is dependent on what the scenario/event is. There is also an element of reasonableness in that a speed limit on a motorway is a more reasonable constraint than having the motorway completely shut down as a measure to avoid catastrophic accidents.
Constraints will always exist (even if we think there are none), you might think that you have the absolute freedom to eat food and up to a certain extent that would be true but the constraint will be that you will become full or run out of food or run out of eating time... if you go to a restaurant and there is an all you can eat buffet - again there will be the constraint in that the restaurant will close and that is when you can't eat anymore even if the food doesn't run out or your appetite is unlimited!
So from my humble perspective, there are always constraints in one form or another. I think what is more important is to be able to identify these and to do something about them. If there are restrictions or limitations which is slowing you down then identifying these and trying to eliminate them could be a strategy to make you more productive. This point in a nutshell is the "Theory of constraints" and although I don't say it in my video on Pinch Points this is what the video is about so please have a watch of this.
There is also the videos on: The Map is not the Territory and Circle of Competence which both touch on constraints in slightly different ways. I will also - at some point in the future - be doing a video on Bounded Rationality. All of these explore, from a slightly different angle, the world of boundaries, limitations, restrictions, constraints. So please have a watch of these. Links to all three videos are below.
As as a general topic there isn't much more I can say on constraints therefore I don't plan to do a general video on this but as constraints always exist, I know that I will acknowledge these in many of my videos, the three above are more focused on them.
Apologies for taking time to respond and for the long nature of this reply, I wanted to give you a decent response rather than something superficial.
I hope this is helpful. And again thank you for your support!
Please share my channel with your friends and family!
Links:
Pinch points (ruclips.net/video/BAyTDV-4Rbg/видео.htmlsi=wVaqOm7PZUIhr79e)
Map is not the territory (ruclips.net/video/OQ3hie5WR-U/видео.htmlsi=XqJIDcUKTrGrvcPc)
Circle of competence (ruclips.net/video/vbzeTVvxKPk/видео.htmlsi=nl7E0_gjDA93Now4)