The so-called shortcut is usually the fastest path to a trap.

It is a form of greed that attempts to deceive the law of conservation of energy. You think you have skipped the necessary accumulation process through tricks, but in reality, you have only accumulated a huge hidden debt. These skipped steps do not disappear; they transform into vulnerabilities that, at moments you cannot withstand, will come back in the form of black swan events, with interest. If you obtain something but cannot master it, you will ultimately not only lose it but also be bitten back by it.

In this era of excess of smart people, the most congested road is the shortcut. The only arbitrage opportunity is to take the dull, long, and overlooked "detour."