Some skill are ok to be half-assed and some are not. As a mediocre guitar player you can make people happy around the campfire. But you don't want people who can kind of operate a nuclear power plant.
Doesn't Taleb have some piece about how certain jobs don't scale and those are the easiest jobs to have? For example, local lawyer (doesn't scale) vs. rockstar (must be in top .0001% to make a living)?pic.twitter.com/f7EcIQq3pK
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I think we writes about this in the Black Swan (if it scales the payoff is extremely uneven). But I didn't mean scaling here, more like a "✓" shaped payoff curve.
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Yeah, I know your point is different. Wouldn't it be an upside down check for most people?
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