Attention to Detail Isn't Innate—Reality Beats It Into You via Insane Edge Cases
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-09
The author argues that attention to detail is not something you're born with: reality "mogs" you over and over, and the most insane edge cases make you suffer until you finally learn to sweat the details. A pithy observation on how practitioners actually develop rigor.
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