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In general, with all variations of an 'optimization' approach, you will be constrained by considerations re: Acquisition of power. To simplify, its best treated as an exogenous factor. Expressing it and acquiring it, while inter-related, are distinct processes. When incorporated, the necessary feedback loops will (almost invariably) thwart a simple quantitative approach. But, consider Aristotle. He had a surprisingly sophisticated method (inter-subjective selection). And was a proponent of N-dimensional optimization, for critical life tasks. His frameworks remain surprisingly useful.