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David Epstein on “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World”

The Next Chapter by American Express Business Class

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The Dangers of Overconfidence in Expert Problem Solvers

The most successful problem solvers spend mental energy figuring out what type of problem they are facing before matching a strategy to it. The people who do the memorized procedures thing tend to have a ton of experience in those procedures, but then maybe they're stopped from thinking more widely and creatively about the specific problem that they're confronting.

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