Definition
Plain language
Knowing the game is nearly over and not starting projects that will only pay off after it ends.
As stated in the literature
The strongest single behavioral correlate of FM-Bench score: the rate at which an agent tapers slow-payoff investments as the finite horizon approaches.
Why it matters: It shows whether an agent tracks how much time it has left, which is the difference between planning and blindly repeating a strategy past its usefulness.
For example, in the final season an agent stops signing teenage prospects who will not develop for another five years and buys players who help right now.
Heard on the show
“First, endgame awareness, which is whether the agent stops investing in payoffs it won't live to collect.”Episode 245 — Fifteen Models Ran Football Clubs for Twenty Years, and Size Didn't Decide It