Raw LLM Responses

You’ve hit on the defining productivity debate of 2026. We’ve essentially traded execution fatigue for decision fatigue. Studies on "AI Cognitive Fatigue" show that auditing ten "perfect" options is often more draining than just doing the work. We’ve shifted from creators to curators, which takes a different kind of stamina. To deal with this, I’ve started using the "Rule of Three"—limiting AI to only 3 distinct directions—to avoid choice paralysis. It’s definitely shifting the work toward the "management layer," which feels like a higher mental load than just being in a flow state of making things.