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    From ancient pottery to modern AI, explore how the simple concept of 'testing' has evolved to shape education, medicine, technology, and our daily decision-making processes.

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    The old thinking was that you had to choose—either be fast or be careful. But modern testing methodologies have shown that you can actually be both. By building quality into the process from the beginning, you end up moving faster because you're not constantly fixing things that broke.

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