Two types of work

1. Exploration (entrepreneurship, art, creative pursuits, research)

2. Optimization (government, planning, doctors)

Probably there isn’t mutual exclusivity here, but it was an interesting separation to consider that I hadn’t thought of before.

This might help inform the question of Can anyone else do what you do better than you?.

At first glance, optimization is something that might be easier to transfer from one person to another. Exploration on the other hand, might be the kind of work that an individual may be uniquely skilled with making it hard to find someone of comparable skill.

This is definitely the case with artistic pursuits, as well as some scientific exploration and discovery.

But when thinking about things like being a product manager, I think of an “optimization” based work that is more replaceable by another person.

But perhaps I’m wrong and different types of work have more similar Can anyone else do what you do better than you?.

Also, what about ../../private/Creativity? See this tweet

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