Comment by usef-

4 hours ago

What do you think would be a better title?

The metaphor seems to be like a pacer runner in marathons: If you run too hard in the beginning of a marathon you will blow up and fail, so runners follow a pacer at the speed they can actually maintain safely.

Note that they wont necessarily be slower at finishing the overall race.

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tclancy  2 hours ago

I read it like they were the only ones who could protect us from the leopards so they pace at the edge of the fire all night, selflessly keeping us safe. While pocketing a sweet wedge of VC cash.