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The art of picking problems that actually have exits, not just entrances.
means The quality of being manageable or easy to work with — whether a problem, a material, or a person who doesn't put up a fight.
from From Latin 'tractabilis' (manageable, that can be handled), rooted in 'tractare' (to handle, to drag about), itself tied to 'trahere' (to drag or pull) — the same root that gives us 'tractor' and 'traction.' So something 'tractable' is, at its core, something you can pull into shape rather than something that drags back.
- researcher's filter
- Why smart people study easy fake problems anyway
- opposite
- NP-hard, intractable, or just vaguely defined
- tradeoff
- More tractable often means less realistic
- hidden virtue
- Lets you actually finish the thesis