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Context: Post #5 in my sequence of private Lightcone Infrastructure memos edited for public consumption. Much of the advice in this might not apply t…

x Increasing returns to effort are common — LessWrong The Lightcone Principles Frontpage 2025 Top Fifty: 15 % 114 Increasing returns to effort are common by habryka 15th Nov 2025 9 min read 6 114 Context: Post #5 in my sequence of private Lightcone Infrastructure memos edited for public consumption. Much of the advice in this might not apply to your situation, read with that context in mind. Most things have diminishing marginal returns. I often repeat the Pareto Principle to others: "You can get 80% of the benefit here with the right 20% of the cost", which is a particularly extreme case of d

Increasing returns to effort are common — LessWrong

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