The wisdom here isn't that we should all move slowly—it's that *haste itself corrupts judgment*, making our brains less capable of seeing what's actually in front of us. Sophocles knew that when we rush, we don't just skip steps; we actively misread situations, mistaking our anxiety for clarity. A surgeon might operate quickly and feel decisive, but the speed itself blinds her to subtle symptoms that would change everything. The real danger isn't the time we take—it's what our hurry does to our capacity to think at all.