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The quality of your thinking is a multiplier for the amount of progress you make at each iteration. But the dominant factor behind success i…
The quality of thinking acts as a multiplier on progress made during iterative work, but iteration frequency itself is the primary driver of success. This insight from AI researcher François Chollet e
The quality of thinking acts as a multiplier on progress made during iterative work, but iteration frequency itself is the primary driver of success. This insight from AI researcher François Chollet emphasizes that while high-quality reasoning matters, the compounding effect of consistent iterations ultimately determines outcomes more significantly than any single instance of good thinking.
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Source: Francois Chollet (X) | 2026-04-18