Isn’t this already captured by the heuristic of executing ideas based on their expected value? If the potential impact of an idea is large enough, a sober accounting of all the barriers won’t actually stop EV-minded founders from working on them. “Workability” in general isn’t a clean concept; what matters is that an idea’s probability of success is enough to be worthwhile given its impact if it succeeds.
Isn’t this already captured by the heuristic of executing ideas based on their expected value? If the potential impact of an idea is large enough, a sober accounting of all the barriers won’t actually stop EV-minded founders from working on them. “Workability” in general isn’t a clean concept; what matters is that an idea’s probability of success is enough to be worthwhile given its impact if it succeeds.