'Slowing Down' Is Pacing, Not Delaying Your Goals — Marathon Logic for the AI Race
timzaman · x · 2026-09-14
The author argues that "slowing down" is really a strategy of pacing, not delaying your goals. Using the marathon analogy, pacing is the only way to win — or to finish at all — suggesting long-term races like AI development reward controlled tempo over sprinting.
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