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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Prioritize behavioral agents by their firing rate over…

Prioritize behavioral agents by their firing rate over their sophistication when the two conflict, because consistent execution compounds while sporadic execution decays.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Habit automaticity develops along a logarithmic curve… (habit automaticity develops logarithmically with rapid early gains) and Humans discount future rewards hyperbolically rather… (humans discount future rewards hyperbolically). The compounding math example showing simple-but-reliable agent outperforming sophisticated-but-sporadic agent demonstrates this. Each firing reinforces the agent itself.