Boris Diaw’s question of value

Boris Diaw has something he wants you to ponder:

Now this is a tough question, Boris. I’ve put together a desirability matrix to help us figure this out.

Basically, any activity/time combination that would fall in the Orange Zone (orange is a classically linked to enjoyability matrices) would be better than Boris Diaw’s stated activity and time of paddleboating at 6:00 AM.

Now, it needs to be mentioned that this isn’t exhaustive. There are plenty of activities not listed here, as well as various times of day not being addressed.

There could also be a Z-Axis based on the general enjoyability of the country, as well as a 4th hyper-cube-ish axis for just how “active” an activity is. Paddleboating? Active. Fighting hoard of rats? Active. Napping? Slightly less so. Would that disqualify it? Should it?

We also have to take into account the subjective nature of all this. I like dill pickles; some people don’t, and that’s fine. However, where I would place dill pickle consumption on the X-Axis may be wildly different from the choice some jerk who thinks pickles are nasty. In that way, this is only a single data point amid a large potential cluster.

Some subjectivity is inherently reflected in the graph (Brunch at 6:15PM? That doesn’t make any sense. Why would you do that?), but my assuming that the reader of the graph would feel the same as the author is a bit presumptuous. It takes the grace of the reader to find my choices viable, but stretch suspension of disbelief too far and you’re basically hallucinating.

So, is any of this conclusive? Not really.

Um.

Manu, help me.

That’s better.