Skill
Skill acquisition, elite performance development, deliberate practice, expertise formation, and how mastery is built and maintained under competitive pressure.
3 labs in this category
May 2026
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23 May
Compound Interventions and Perception Lag
Large-scale social outcomes reverse on multi-year cycles driven by interventions that take years to scale and compound—while perception updates instantly to spikes and slowly to recoveries, creating a gap where people believe the crisis persists even as the data reverses.
From: US crime and mortality is declining fast — what can the rest of us learn? - Financial Times
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23 May
Practiced Response Under Stress
Actions rehearsed until automatic bypass conscious decision-making during sudden high-stress events, while unrehearsed knowledge requires deliberation that stress prevents—preparation works only when the body learns the sequence, not when the mind learns the facts.
From: Japanese lawmakers don helmets during earthquake drill - NBC News
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18 May
Skill Under Sustained Pressure
Elite performance under pressure depends on building decision systems that remain stable when mental fatigue compounds—training the ability to execute the same quality of judgment on the hundredth repetition as on the first, even when stakes are highest.
From: Aaron Rai becomes first English golfer to win US PGA Championship since 1919