This was after a 9 hour task, and it all makes sense, actually, but takes way too much effort to parse, like reading Shakespearian English.

Ethan Mollick discusses cognitive fatigue and information comprehension, noting that after extended work periods, understanding complex or unfamiliar material becomes exponentially harder despite the information being logically coherent—similar to the difficulty of parsing archaic language like Shakespearean English. The observation highlights how mental exhaustion reduces cognitive capacity and processing efficiency, making even accessible information feel unnecessarily complicated to parse.

Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-06-10