I rather enjoyed this article by Scott Alexander, and I think the world probably needs to do some thinking about expertise. It is a capability set; it is not a priesthood.https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/14/a-failure-but-not-of-prediction/ …
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"He knew the strengths and weaknesses of experts." -- R. V. Jones, describing Winston Churchill. That's such a high and rare ability that the first time I read that sentence I had little idea what it even meant.
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The ability to abstract so much was one of the best outcome of modernization. And this is what is now questioned a lot. I am afraid a decreased use of said abstractions will condemn us to decreases scalability and in fine lower capability.
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