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this also works as a response to two persistent tropes in tech: 1 why does <company x> need <large number> of engineers to do <perceived simple problem> 2 how could <company y> be worth $<large number> when all they do is <perceived simple problem>
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As you grow, you have to re-solve every problem at every new scaling level. Beyond level n=7, half the problem is avoiding people from levels 1 to n-1 who are convinced they understand the problem and have a solution you miraculously missed learning about
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Have you read Coram’s hagiography of Boyd? Would it be fair to say that his book (and much similar hero-based political analysis) is committing the same set of errors? Like your argument that people at level N can’t distinguish between people at N+1 and N+10?