zenocognition · guided tour1 / 9
The problem
AI compounds. Human attention does not.
Machine capability is on an exponential. Your attention is a flat line. The cost of AI-assisted work is not the AI - it is the supervision the AI demands of you.
19% slower
Experienced developers using AI tools were measured 19% slower on real tasks - while forecasting +24% and feeling +20% faster. A 39-point gap between perceived and actual speed.
~10 bits/s
Human conscious throughput averages about 10 bits per second, against a sensory intake near 10^9 bits/s - a compression of roughly 100,000,000 to 1.
Zheng & Meister, 2025, Neuron
275 / day
The average knowledge worker is interrupted about 275 times a day - roughly once every two minutes - and each recovery takes around 23 minutes.
Microsoft Work Trend Index, 2025; Mark, Gudith & Klocke, 2008