The perfect cognitive style for the Agent Age — but you only get 2 of 3 traits
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-11-13
fabianstelzer argues the ideal cognitive profile for the Agent Age combines three traits: ADHD-level context-switching ability, extremely high agency/drive, and the capacity to keep a long-horizon managerial bird's-eye view of goals — but in practice you usually only get two of the three at once.
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