The Cost Of Specialization

When specialized the individual looks for the approval of his peers instead of their customers or targets.

Architect builds to impress other architects.
Models are thin to impress other models.
Academics write to impress other academics.
Filmmakers try to impress other filmmakers.

Even worse is looking for the approval of peers in other tangent-related professions.

Authors who try to impress editors tend to fail.

LOK: 5. Systems
RL: The bed of Procrustes
IDEAS: Specialization Consequences Problem Peers Author Skin in the game
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