barbell

• 1: “A or B?” selecting an option (from two alternatives).
• 2: Is there an optimal choice between, neither A nor B?
  • “A or B?” is choosing the wrong two options, and there is The Third Option in moderation.
• 3: Isn’t “there is an optimal choice in between” a false assumption? Realization that “there is an optimal choice in between” is a false assumption
  • It contains an unnecessary restriction, “choose a point on the axis connecting A and B.”
    • Related: Trade-off between two attributes.
      • False dichotomy
  • The choice to do both extremes, A and B, is one of the solutions that is not “one point on the axis”.

relevance - Barbell Strategy

• The point is balance.” could be incorrect.

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