via @LukeWeinhagen Easier = eliminating the requirement to adapt to nature’s fee

via @LukeWeinhagen
Easier = eliminating the requirement to adapt to nature’s feedback
-vs
Safer = reducing the damage of exposure to nature’s feedback

Easier uses proxies to attempt to evade the cost of adaptation (which is really just a cost displacement, i.e. entropy). Safer uses proxies to pay the cost of adaptation. We want proxies that retain the feedback (to maintain the pressure that produces adaptation) while reducing the damage. We do not get to escape nature’s costs.