Strategy & Games
Time Scale Mismatch: Long-termism vs Short-term Race
In exponential technology domains, leaders and followers often operate on misaligned competitive timescales—followers chase short-term rankings while leaders build long-term architecture. Whoever defines the game's time horizon controls the narrative. When markets measure progress by short-term metrics, long-term investors appear slow; but once the rules of the game shift, the misalignment reverses the verdict.
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