# Critical path From [[raoGUTSGrandUnified2018]]: * Generalized critical paths are *zones where there is a tight dependence of ends on means* * Critical paths require two conditions 1. You’re optimizing a system for a *single goal* 2. You have a global model for how to achieve that goal The “optimizing” part is important because it creates a tight coupling between critical paths and [[Efficiency]] ### Related ### References [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Critical+path) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Critical+path)