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by Y_Y 365 days ago
What about an agent that picks the best idea, steals it, runs the business for a while, goes bankrupt, and then emails you an executive summary of bitesize "learnings" from the exercise.

You can't summarize your way to success! If you're spending more time clicking and reading filler words than you are thinking, then you're doomed from the start.

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Our brains summarise all the time.

I can't remember exactly what texture/shade is on the ceiling of my bathroom, but I remember roughly what colour it is. If you asked me if there's a bit of pain flaking off and where it is, I couldn't tell you to save my life.

When I open HN (or most things) I will skim down the list of titles and it's keywords that will jump out at me.

When I read threads I will start skimming when the conversation evolves into endless debate, unless I'm interested in said debate.

Processing every possible bit of input in full would not make for a very efficient or worthy experience, but of course this is contextual. Someone a contract should read every word; though this has been weaponised in the form of long ToS - they know most people don't read those at all.