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The Expert Beginner has nowhere to go because progression requires an understanding that he has a lot of work to do, and that is not a readily available conclusion. You’ll notice that the Expert Beginner is positioned slightly above Advanced Beginner but not on the level of Competence. This is because he is not competent enough to grasp the big picture and recognize the irony of his situation, but he is slightly more competent than the Advanced Beginner due mainly to, well, extensive practice being a Beginner.
How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner
Erik Dietrich
There’s an old romantic idea in German, das Volk dichtet, which says that the ideas and poetry of the traditional cultures come out of the folk. They do not. They come out of an elite experience, the experience of people particularly gifted, whose ears are open to the song of the universe.
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
Politicians are a bit like musicians, and the instrument they play on is the human emotional and biochemical system.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
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