Of course in the real world the fitness function changes over time! Much more perilous. If you don't find another local maximum, your old one may be gone...
On the flip side it means it's worth looking around every so often, because where you're standing may no longer even *be* the local max, and very little effort may be required to get happier.
juldea had a nice post some years back on "Comfort Junkies"; it's neat to look at that idea through this lens!
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Date: 2009-01-24 12:08 am (UTC)Fun analogy.
Of course in the real world the fitness function changes over time! Much more perilous. If you don't find another local maximum, your old one may be gone...
On the flip side it means it's worth looking around every so often, because where you're standing may no longer even *be* the local max, and very little effort may be required to get happier.