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ObamaCare is No Starship Enterprise (bloomberg.com)
4 points by skmurphy on Nov 26, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Very insightful points about non-technical and technical personnel's interactions in business. In my experience the "illusion of omnicompetence" is pretty pervasive within technical professions.


closing paragraph contains a key piece of advice for entrepreneurs:

"We like to think that being “smart and competent” makes you less likely to make mistakes. But when you’re out of your element, it may merely enable you to make more -- and larger -- mistakes."




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