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there's a dangerous moment of moral hazard in learning about a topic where you know enough to phone it in and fool 90% of even informed people, but not enough to add any value... a lot of people settle into that zone. It's like the grifter side of imposter syndrome
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Imposter syndrome: Oh shit, I don't know enough to add value, what if someone finds out? Grifter syndrome: Oh shit, I don't know enough to add value, but looks like I can get them to pay anyway!
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It's related to, but not the same thing as, Dunning-Kruger effect. Happens at the same stage of the learning curve, but the D-K clueless typically don't realize there's more to know/learn and stall out due to lack of aptitude
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So with Dunning-Kruger you don't know what you don't know — but with grifter syndrome you don't *care* what you don't know, as long as you get paid?
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