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Not sure I agree. A "short fat" could theoretically be replaced by a group of "short skinny", whereas a "tall skinny" could only be replaced by another "tall skinny".

As value is largely determined by scarcity (supply and demand), this would cause "short fat" to be of lower value.



So you're saying one engineer who's good at lots of things can be replaced by a dozen engineers who are only good at one thing?

It doesn't work that way because coordination costs are a big part of the cost.


It depends on how depth of knowledge is measured. One is considered an expert in a niche because they know it inside and out. But in theory, multiple people with a disjoint subset of knowledge of the niche could also be a reasonable replacement?




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