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Generalists book6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() I suspect that this is already often the case. Therefore, the implication of the book is that many people solving problems in EA would benefit from being generalists.("Golf, chess, classical-music performance, firefighting and anesthesiology are (in this sense) kind learning environments tennis and jazz are less kind emergency-room medicine, technological innovation and geopolitical forecasting are downright wicked - as is much of the rest of modern life.") It seems to me that many of the problems that effective altruists are tackling are in "wicked" environments, with delayed feedback, difficult to discern patterns.By contrast, generalists flourish in “wicked” learning environments, where patterns are harder to discern and feedback is delayed and/or inaccurate.') Reading this book helped me see the benefit of breadth for solving particularly "wicked" environments ('Specialists flourish in such “kind” learning environments, where patterns recur and feedback is quick and accurate. ![]() Summary of why this is a worthwhile read for people interested in EA: ![]()
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