Prometheus 6   

good ideas

Good ideas should be self-evident, I thought. Just the kind of thought to kick off the 2.3 mile walk home. Of course, as soon as I articulated the source of my irritability I realized that it was of course wrong.

An idea is a bet that information exists in a certain place, if you were to try to retrieve it. Retrieving it has a cost, but the idea is a bet that the value is greater than the cost. A good idea is a bet that you win. For example, an idea would be that you should cut through the alley in order to escape your pursuers. Depending on how much you know about that alley, people might say you're making a good decision or a bad decision. If that alley ends up taking you on a shortcut that allows you to escape your pursuer, then the bet to go through the alley was a good bet, and therefore a good idea.

A good decision is a successful roll of the idea dice. If you are rolling the dice on an idea that has a very low perceived chance of winning, and yet you roll anyway, and you end up winning, that is when people will say you had a good idea and made a good decision. You beat the odds. You are a visionary, filled with good ideas.

Good ideas, therefore, are hidden.