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Smarter change

This Adam Grant podcast Explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect and overcoming overconfidence with David Dunning (one of the named people) is a great listen for this quote

Epistemic trespassers are thinkers who have competence or expertise to make good judgments in one field, but move to another field where they lack competence—and pass judgment nevertheless

David Dunning

And on the subject of knowledge and experts, generalists are in demand, but feel under-supported. We need to explore and exploit. Read the opening to David Epstein’s Range here (well worth subscribing to his substack, which does indeed range widely).

Counteract with this article on how to present to an audience who know more than you.

And remember this: Power is not what you need to succeed, it’s status.

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