The fastest course is not the fastest

• On a curved road, the in-course (A) can move ahead faster than the out-course (B).
• So we tend to think of this as "the fastest course."
• But this only means that A is better than B under the constraints of "course."
• If we remove the constraints, straight forward C is the fastest and by far the fastest
• Compared to C, the difference between A and B is nothing.

• Are these "constraints" really unmovable, or are they illusions created by the human mind?

• A runs on the inside of the course, a little ahead of B, and feels superior.

  • But hard to see, the off-course C is far ahead.

• A thought he was the best, but suddenly C appears so far ahead that he can't catch up.

  • A thinks that C is cheating.

• From C's point of view, A and B are not much different.

  • They took a detour along the rail of illusion. So it is self-responsibility that is slow, we think.

• blind spot card 27

• Observation range

• policy constraint competition on rails.

• Off the rails.

• rail

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