Stage 3 cancer, surgery on New Year's Eve. What changes when the optimization problem gets a new constraint.
I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. Surgery is scheduled for December 31st. Last day of 2020. Fitting.
I'm not going to use this space for medical details or false optimism. What I want to think through is what this does to how I approach work.
Mortality as a Constraint
Time might be finite. It was always finite, technically, but now the bound is tighter and less abstract. This changes the optimization problem.
Before: maximize long-term impact.
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