The moment you feel forced to sprint, you have admitted that your edge is absent
Scarcity forces trade‑offs between time, money, and attention
When the barrier to entry is so low (and everyone has access to the same AI tools), the market is ruthless and pushes price to zero real quick
You will see commoditized work and eroding margins all over, and in those situations speed is almost never the answer
Racing incentivizes incremental hacks, not structural insight
When you are in a position of strength you define the tempo and rarely chase it
If you are rushing to accelerate something just because someone else did, you would be better off slowing down and question where your edge comes from, e.g. what structural advantage would make this race irrelevant?
AI lets anyone draft, code, or design faster than you ever could. Existential crises happen in real-time as GPT effortlessly drops words... all those years mastering a skill and now... now what?
The picture isn't that dark though, and you should be alert every time you see "doom" to let your curiosity unmask how irrational and useless those fear-mongering claims are
If you accelerate same sameness and compensate with more volume you are just increasing noise, and there is nothing unique in that. You can't scale special, and it makes no sense to scale mediocrity when a better alternative is possible
You avoid races by having stuff others can't copy, obsessing over first principles instead of trend-chasing, and only being exposed to quality signals that trigger proactivity on your end. You want to have agency, not react to frenetic stimulus-response that only leads to burn out
When everyone panics and reality feels overwhelming, deliberate slowliness shines as a feature. The pause forces you to surface hidden flaws before the market does
If your moat resides in unique knowledge and compounding trust, speed becomes optional. You just have to block the noise. Racing is a symptom of parity. Those in the race often look for validation
When everyone can copy the playbook, speed becomes the only lever... and margins collapse
Enter AI. Used at surface-level, it hands every player the same cheap horsepower. Output floods, differentiation disappears, prices converge to zero
When you walk in uncharted territory, there are no shortcuts, no playbooks, no cheat codes... you either use AI as a force multiplier or don't bother using it
AI lets you move fast after you’ve earned the right to by owning something others lack. Use it to scale insight, not hide its absence. Compounded quality beats frantic quantity