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HPsquaredtoday at 12:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

Something like the time value of money. But on the other hand, a bad answer can have negative value. Although "wrong and early" is better than "wrong and late".


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bcrosby95today at 2:02 PM

I don't know. There's a lot of instances where the first movers lose because they were a bit wrong and others learned from their mistakes.

rebuildertoday at 1:13 PM

If “wrong” breaks things, then late is better than early.