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Jul 10, 2026·gilharilabs.com

What If Evaluations Had Three Dimensions?

Most evaluations today reduce complex outcomes to a single scalar score or leaderboard number. This compression makes it impossible to distinguish between a genuine, reliable improvement and a fragile result that looks good only on the measured metric.

Nagaraju Gangaraju proposes shifting from one-dimensional scalars to a three-dimensional evaluation space called Vec3(T, R, V), where:

Jun 6, 2026·substack.com

The Optimization Trap

We are living in the golden age of self-optimization. Track your sleep, hit your macros, maximize your VO₂ max, read 50 books a year, cold plunge, red-light therapy, 5 a.m. wake-ups — the list is endless.

But according to Scott Galloway, this obsession with measurement and “maxxing” is not making us better. It’s making us more anxious, more perfectionistic, and less alive.