A Two-Year Delay Shifts Long-Term Gains
Jsevillamol · x · 2026-07-12
The core argument here is that if you consider AI to be on the critical path of the technology tree, delaying it by two years means pushing back all related benefits by exactly two years—even if those payoffs are decades away.
It emphasizes the cumulative impact of "time delays" on long-term technological gains, rather than focusing solely on short-term immediate results.
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