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On 8/28/2013 4:31 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > On 8/28/13 3:57 PM, Michael Sokolov wrote: >>> Honestly, lessening the expert/amateur distinction would make a lot of >>> these questions just vanish, though. >>> >> Well, that's interesting. You don't think we benefit from >> specialization? We should all be surgeon/plumber/coders? > > I'm not saying that everyone should be a generalist, but I will > absolutely say that: > > ... > > So yes, specialization happens. Assuming that specialists are the > ones who should make decisions - that expert/amateur distinction taken > too seriously - creates a lot of unnecessary tensions that limits the > quality of our work. Thanks, that clarifies a lot for me about your position. I think you're not opposed to the existence of experts, merely to their assumed position of superiority. Like good managers, experts should be servants to people. If that's what you're saying, I agree wholeheartedly. I also think being an amateur is not a bad thing. Its original meaning has to do with doing something for the love of it, not doing something inexpertly. -Mike
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