expertise

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Nerdfluisteraar - Bert Hubert's writings
2 months ago
- A podcast and article discuss why governments and large corporations struggle to recruit and retain true experts ('nerds').
- The concept of 'nerdfluisteraar' (nerd whisperer) addresses the communication gap between specialists and generalists.
- Legal professionals also identify as 'nerds' facing similar challenges in a world of generalists.
- The author clarifies that the term 'nerdfluisteraar' is not about forcing techies to adapt, but about bridging understanding.
- Herman Tjeenk-Willink's lecture highlights that governments have outsourced expertise, losing the ability to formulate and assess tasks properly.
Laten we leiders met kennis van zaken in ere herstellen, ze zijn hard nodig - Bert Hubert's writings
2 months ago
- In the Dutch workplace, people often feel managed rather than led, and leadership is rarely acknowledged.
- US government culture emphasizes leadership and expertise; US ministers are typically seasoned experts in their fields.
- Dutch ministers often lack experience, and top civil servants are required to rotate frequently, preventing the buildup of expertise.
- Reliance on external consultants leads to loss of internal knowledge and high costs.
- The 'Ruimte voor de rivier' program exemplifies successful informed leadership that required buy-in from affected communities.
- There is a need to value and retain expertise within government, including at the top levels, and to reduce reliance on expensive consultants.
- A new coalition should aim to restore a culture where ministers and top civil servants are authorities in their subjects.
It's not empowering to hand off the details
2 months ago
- The enthusiasm for AI is driven by a desire to manifest things without engaging with details.
- Details are inescapable; true expertise requires deep, meticulous focus.
- Delegating details to AI requires knowing which ones to delegate, which itself demands expertise.
- LLMs cannot overcome the fact that reality demands attention to detail, just like previous technologies.
- Handing off details means contributing nothing, which is not empowering.
AI Slop: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose
2 months ago
- Human-generated text reflects authentic expert thought and subtle word choices that carry philosophical significance, unlike AI-generated approximations.
- Knowing that a text is human-generated provides meta-epistemic evidence of its quality, similar to the value of journal imprimatur.
- AI can be used for copyediting only if done actively (e.g., typing revisions manually) to preserve rather than blur the writer's distinctive phrasing.
- The argument is bounded: if AI surpasses human expertise in word choice, it may no longer apply, but for now, human prose is preferable.
Confront Reality (2012)
2 months ago
- The inability to confront reality can lead experts like pundits and therapists to overestimate their effectiveness, as they lack immediate feedback compared to fields like chess.
- Deliberate practice, which involves immediate informative feedback and results, is what distinguishes true experts from non-experts.
- Ambitious people often fall into the trap of setting extremely hard goals to avoid facing potential failure, but success comes from setting small, achievable challenges.
- Self-help books risk being useless without action, leading to 'epiphany addiction' where readers feel enlightened but fail to implement changes.
- To improve, one must pick tasks just hard enough to risk failure and test them in reality, as it's impossible to get better without confronting it.

expertise

Nerdfluisteraar - Bert Hubert's writings

Laten we leiders met kennis van zaken in ere herstellen, ze zijn hard nodig - Bert Hubert's writings

It's not empowering to hand off the details

AI Slop: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose

Confront Reality (2012)