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I used to think this but now I wonder if being biased slightly optimistic is a world cheat code

I'd like to approach this discussion in a more "typical" way. I assume that no one can have full insight, extending in the past and future and the micro and macro level. So, you can always get some more insight.

Then the question becomes: Is getting a bit more insight always better for you?

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For example, if you explain to a 10 year old that giving birth to a kid is a very painful process, they have a better understanding of the world than they had before, more insight. Maybe some things that did not make sense before, now they do.

Is this human in a better place now to win the evolution game? I think, no.

these are all great insights :-)

i also think we gain an incredible amount of wisdom from doing things that can seem uninformed, even uneducated, in hindsight

so too much insight can be anti-exploration, anti-action, et al. 

we may be in semantics territory, but it's a good discussion, nonetheless