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The Myth of Efficiency

Why our obsession with doing things faster is fundamentally breaking our ability to do things well.

Sarah Lin

8 min readIdeas

We have confused speed with velocity, and efficiency with effectiveness.

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Sarah Lin

Ideas Writer

Sarah Lin writes about the intersection of technology and human behaviour.

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Slow down. The world is still full of things that refuse to be hurried.
— From the Editor, Summer 2026