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Productivity Acceleration Adoption Pattern

Once users experience significant productivity gains from new tools, reverting to previous methods becomes psychologically impossible

Decision Rule

If a tool provides 5x+ speed improvement on frequent tasks, adoption becomes irreversible despite learning curves

How It Works

Brain adapts to new efficiency baseline, making old methods feel painfully slow; loss aversion prevents reverting

Failure Modes

Overestimating productivity gains from complex tools

Ignoring hidden costs of tool switching

Becoming dependent on single tools/vendors

Losing skills in manual methods

Example Decision

After experiencing 220 WPM voice input vs 45 WPM typing, users find keyboards 'too slow' and permanently switch input methods