Expertilection

# Expertilection From [[Adam Russell]]: `"Expertilection" is my current neologism for mistaking experts for ARPAns - ARPAs really need "aliens" in the sense that James Evans uses the term, of people who are traveling to new parts of an R&D universe to solve problems (think foxes and scouts). Whereas experts - like hedgehogs and soldiers - tend to anchor on what they know, so if they do travel, they tend to be colonizers, vs aliens. So why do ARPAs fall into experilection?` `Because, frankly, it's easier to spot an expert. Aliens are harder, as they often won't have traditional paths and measures of success.` `  [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Expertilection) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Expertilection)