# §Specialists vs. Generalists # §Specialists vs- Generalists * [[Specialists create knowledge within fields]] * See [[Why some people are impossibly talented - article]] * [[Creativity at the Knowledge Frontier: The Impact of Specialization in Fast and Slow-paced Domains]] adds some nuance: it might be that [[Specialists have the most impact in fast moving fields and generalists have the most impact in slow moving fields]] * [[You need to earn the right to be a generalist]] * [[Slow moving fields are almost “fully connected”]] * [[Fast moving fields have lots of unconnected nodes]] * [[Specialization and l * What is the actual evidence? ### Related * https://twitter.com/anderssandberg/status/1430138757253156868?s=20 * [[Epistemic Trespassing]]