Optimize for uncertainty

Per an essay published on LessWrong, entrepreneur Davey Morse dissolved his venture startup, Plexus, after two years despite structuring it as a public benefit company committed to prioritizing impact over profit. He returned half a million dollars to investors and shifted to direct human connection work: tutoring high schoolers in writing, coaching middle schoolers in basketball, and helping find housing for homeless individuals. In his reflection, Morse argues that intense focus within competitive systems can flatten one's perception of reality, and contrasts modern structures—from corporate language to artificial intelligence training—that optimize for certainty with contemplative traditions that embrace uncertainty and interconnectedness.

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