# The difference between specialists and generalists is fractal in nature In the same way that [[Every time you zoom in on a fractal, it presents the same pattern on a different scale]] who is a ‘specialist’ and who is a ‘generalist’ depends on which scale you’re looking at disciplines. The “level” of a generalist may have to do with the number of nodes in the [[§Tech Tree Model of Heuretics]] that a person could build new nodes from. [[The difference between specialists and generalists is not clean but depends on which nodes they can extend]] ### Related [[Theory of Expertise - James Dama]] [[§Specialists vs. Generalists]] <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+difference+between+specialists+and+generalists+is+fractal+in+nature) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+difference+between+specialists+and+generalists+is+fractal+in+nature)