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The pilot calls this the paradox of expertise: “The paradox is that an expert is a learner who doesn’t learn. To become an expert, she had to learn. But an expert is someone who knows. And when you know, you don’t need to learn. Meaning that the expert has mastered a skill—learning—that she’s now wasting.” | The pilot calls this the paradox of expertise: “The paradox is that an expert is a learner who doesn’t learn. To become an expert, she had to learn. But an expert is someone who knows. And when you know, you don’t need to learn. Meaning that the expert has mastered a skill—learning—that she’s now wasting.” | ||
=Intro= | |||
To probe the incredible while avoiding | |||
debacle, the Primal trial would need to be run by individuals with big | |||
imaginations but no patience for bullshit. Such individuals were | |||
uncommon, but the Army did have a pipeline for making them. A pipeline | |||
at U.S. Special Operations. | |||
=Storythinking= | =Storythinking= | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 25 January 2026
Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know
https://www.amazon.com/Primal-Intelligence-Smarter-Than-Know-ebook/dp/B0DN9GQ84V
Expert Paradox
The pilot calls this the paradox of expertise: “The paradox is that an expert is a learner who doesn’t learn. To become an expert, she had to learn. But an expert is someone who knows. And when you know, you don’t need to learn. Meaning that the expert has mastered a skill—learning—that she’s now wasting.”
Intro
To probe the incredible while avoiding debacle, the Primal trial would need to be run by individuals with big imaginations but no patience for bullshit. Such individuals were uncommon, but the Army did have a pipeline for making them. A pipeline at U.S. Special Operations.