# Fast moving fields have lots of unconnected nodes You could think of fast moving fields at evolving more like viruses and slow moving fields like mammals. Mammals are extremely complex. Viruses just depend on replication errors to do crazy shit. ### Related * [[Connections create new knowledge]] * [[Specialists create knowledge within fields]] ### References [[Creativity at the Knowledge Frontier: The Impact of Specialization in Fast and Slow-paced Domains]] <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Fast+moving+fields+have+lots+of+unconnected+nodes) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Fast+moving+fields+have+lots+of+unconnected+nodes)