Making twice as many decisions at half the precision is often better than making fewer decisions with higher precision, and most people (including himself five years ago) should operate earlier on the decision-making curve where additional time provides diminishing improvements.
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Patrick CollisonEvidence Quote
“the first is i i now just place more value on decision speed in that uh if you can make like if you can make twice as many decisions at half the kind of um half the precision that's actually often better um and then given the fact that sort of the uh rate of improvement of decision making with additional time almost necessarily tends to kind of flatten out i think that most people certainly that patrick of five years ago and potentially the patrick of today included should be sort of earlier should be operating earlier in that curve make more decisions with less confidence but in significantly less time right”
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Patrick Collison: Philosophies for Running Stripe, Hiring, Decision Making, and Reading— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:17:01 PM
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