Well said, for the most part. The generalizations *do* serve a purpose, the anecdotes as well. From my perspective, performance paralysis is alive and well in our culture and often I am dismayed when for any given subject an individual attempts expertise-passing by claiming impossibility. But hey, why not, it's easy to do and supports not having to do something. Some of us have cushy positions taking up space in institutions, and we like our fast cars and that our kids are getting into the best schools. If I can keep all of that going with minimal output, hot dog, what a bonus! I suppose if something *really* needs done, well, we could always hire a Russian. Generalizing and applying abstractions is obviously flawed, but it is also obviously useful. If we cannot even point to the places where similar things have been done before, what are we doing?
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