alt Hacker NewsI think, sadly, these fields will collapse further into a tighter in-group. Anyone outside that group will find it increasingly hard to penetrate. Talent won’t get you there anymore.
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dingdongditchme • today at 7:39 AM
From my experience in research this was already the case 15 years ago (and from older peers, way before). Science has always has "in-groups". I forget the name of some philosopher in the 50's who was the opinion science is just a bunch of fads and it takes the old generation to die before a new idea can really be accepted.
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But they were already a tight in-group. The difference was that now their combined output can provide additional insights not available before. I don't think that part is a problem. Expertise circles have always existed ( and will likely remain so for a while ).
The issue I am having is how members of the potential in-group is identified.
That said said:
<< Talent won’t get you there anymore.
Talent might not get you to the table, but you can make your own table now if you have useful like minds.