Idea Perhaps 60 years ago production modes were optimized with more diffuse talent, eg organizations would have (optimally) a very capable person overseeing lots of less capable people Now there are relatively high returns to concentrations of ability, o-ring style or whatever
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Suppose that there are social returns to exposure to ability, though. Ie, if you have a high-ability person in an organization, they have a halo effect on lower-ability people around them. Concentrating ability reduces this, maybe kills these local positive externalities.
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[extremely aristocrats voice] Coming Apart!
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I work full time and I can go days without talking to anyone with sub-120 IQ
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This is the main benefit of the upper middle class these days tbh I'm just not sure it's good for society generally
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