The Restraint Problem
Agent leverage doesn't fix your bottleneck, it moves it. When building gets cheap, volume detaches from value, and the scarce skill becomes restraint. What one operator learned running a company on a fleet of agents.
Bart Kolendowski · Writing
What language models change when the stakes are real.
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