The value of teams of people has declined.

· Bits and Bobs 4/13/26
  • The value of teams of people has declined.
    • It used to be a few things:
      • 1) More perspectives to make it more likely that collaborative debate would produce a great result.
      • 2) More bodies to execute the vision faster.
    • It used to not be possible to spin up patient, knowledgeable people to do cognitive labor for you.
      • Even if it took a long time to spin someone up, it was worth it.
      • Humans take a ton of time to read into their long-term buffer context (you have to stream it in over a thin channel that takes significant wall clock time), and they rapidly forget it
      • A slow start, but now you have scaled your ability to execute over time.
    • But tasks are orders of magnitude easier to hand off to agents than to people.
      • Agents don't get bored.
      • They understand all jargon.
      • They can handle messy infodumps
      • They don't have to be convinced; they don't have emotions to navigate.
    • So now the benefit of teams of people are way lower.
      • Especially if you can spin up 100x agents in the time it would take to spin up one team member.
    • So now the benefit of spinning up other team members is almost entirely the first benefit.
      • Which requires people to have useful judgment and knowledge to complement what the team already has.
      • It used to be that as long as someone was competent it was worth it to spin them up.
      • Now it's only if they bring something different and valuable to the table.

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