"A category mistake—**erroneously assigning to something a quality or action that is properly attributable only to things of another category**—is behind the frequent, but deeply mistaken, conclusion that in this new, electronically enabled world everything can, and will, move much faster." ([Location 4180](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=4180)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[innovation]], [[fundamental-attribution-error]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]