As AI agents make execution abundant, the next decade belongs to thinkers
eptwts · x · 2026-09-16
A reshared take: for the past century, people skilled at execution were massively rewarded. Now that AI agents have made execution abundant, vision becomes the bottleneck. The author argues the decade's biggest shift is the redefinition of human judgement — and the next decade will be won by thinkers.
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