[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/learn-from-the-past\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/learn-from-the-past\/","headline":"Learn From The Past","name":"Learn From The Past","description":"I am grateful for the knowledge, and effort, to be […]","datePublished":"2025-09-15","dateModified":"2025-07-20","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/author\/algorithmlife\/#Person","name":"algorithmlife","url":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/author\/algorithmlife\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dave Burnett"},"url":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/learn-from-the-past\/","about":["Get More"],"wordCount":313,"articleBody":"I am grateful for the knowledge, and effort, to be able to review what has worked, learn, and therefore change behaviour.\u00a0 I think it’s fair to call it insanity to do something, and expect different results from the last time you did that thing.However, where the real gap is is in the not-learning.\u00a0 Doing something, getting a result, wanting to change that result, and doing something again wanting a different result, but getting that same first result.That’s not insanity, that’s not learning from the past.That’s not understanding that this particular result will happen from this particular input.\u00a0 This input results in that output.\u00a0 And if that output is not what you want, then you have to change what you do.The interesting thing is things change over time.\u00a0 You might learn a particular outcome, you might get rewarded or punished for a particular outcome, and that becomes the ‘that’s the way it is’ lesson you learn.\u00a0 However, things change.\u00a0 Tech changes.\u00a0 People’s preferences change.\u00a0 Things are rarely that binary.\u00a0 They are on a scale.For example cold calling used to work.\u00a0 People would answer the phone.\u00a0 They would answer the knock on their door.\u00a0 They were open to receiving calls and offers.\u00a0 Then, someone figured that out, and optimized for it.\u00a0 Maximized it.\u00a0 Sent crappy representatives who destroyed the opportunity for everyone.Then, a generation later, the kids in the house grew up knowing not to answer the phone.\u00a0 Not to answer the door.\u00a0 And so that opportunity faded.\u00a0 However, it still works, just not as well.\u00a0 Some people still need that thing, and the best way to reach them is still that way.So don’t think you’re crazy, because what didn’t work, might work in the future.\u00a0 What worked before, might not work again.\u00a0 It’s amazing how this goes."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Get More","item":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn From The Past","item":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/learn-from-the-past\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]