brevitae comments on Rationality Quotes July 2011 - Less Wrong
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The way I first took that quote:
Simple version: "Grass is always greener on the other side".
Complex version: Simplicity (aka Pattern, aka Information) is awesome, but becomes quickly boring and meaningless because it is KNOWN. It is the Simplicity/Pattern/Information which is currently hiding in the Chaos/Randomness which we're so eager for. It will, for a short while, be meaningful and interesting. Until we get used to it, too. Rinse and repeat.