The Efficiency Evangelist
There's always more waste to eliminate
The Efficiency Evangelist arrives with a calculator, a sincere expression, and a strong instinct for eliminating waste. This can be deeply useful. AI does need efficiency discipline. There are real gains in model selection, routing, caching, context control, workload placement, and boring old resource management. The trouble starts when the Evangelist cannot declare victory.
Symptom
Optimization continues long after the meaningful savings have been captured. The Evangelist treats every remaining dollar as evidence that the job isn't done, even when the marginal return has collapsed.
Why It Matters
The Efficiency Evangelist's compulsion turns a healthy discipline into organizational friction. Teams spend more time justifying spend than building value. The Evangelist becomes a tax on velocity that no one authorized.
What the Chapter Gives You
Where real AI efficiency gains live, why the last 10% costs more than the first 90%, and how to declare victory before optimization becomes obstruction.
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