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The Slow Motion Soccer Edition

Composed players aren't actually perceiving time more slowly than those around them. Their brains are just better at predicting what comes next, so they're preparing their next move while everyone else is still processing the current one. The stillness is a byproduct. The speed was spent earlier, in the reading rather than running.

Michael Hastings-Black
1d ago

If 78% sounds like a lackluster C+ grade to you, Bhushan explains that a single person, even an expert one, would likely fail the same test, scoring maybe 10% at best. "These are questions that would be complex for a human to even attempt," he tells Upstarts.

4w ago

If you or I go and vibe-code something, we think we've replaced the engineer, replaced the accountant, replaced the lawyer. But then you actually look — that was the first 80% of the job. The extra 20%, it turns out, is all the value creation of that profession. All the expertise and domain knowledge is in that last 20%, not the text that got generated.

2mo ago

The best process for making decisions is often worse than the best decision-maker. Process forces you to justify actions in advance; great decision-makers often know things they can't yet articulate. The trap is confusing process with wisdom.

3mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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