Narrow Arrogance
I think this phenomenon, as discussed by Tanji, KI, and McArdle, is symptomatic of what happens when you have narrowly focused institutions to create entire generations of a field.
Look, narrow institutions can be useful but based on commonplace complaints (like KI, or anyone who talks about the military service academies, or academia via McArdle) it doesn’t look as though anyone has figured out the secret sauce: generalist teachings in what is basically a funnel.
Turn them loose in school, where what they do does not really matter, educate them enough on the specifics of your arena to function, and then get them their guaranteed (signing up for your institution in the first place) jobs. You’ll end up with a much smarter, albeit flatter, agile organization.
-Shlok
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