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layer8 45 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Domain expertise has always been the real moat

I largely agree, but want to note that there’s the counterpoint “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” (from George Bernard Shaw’s 1903 play Man and Superman), which also has some nugget of truth in it.

rightbyte 45 days ago [–]

Case on point is Youtube where a lot of almost good amateurs give a lot of advice on niche channels on things they hardly master.

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