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Evidently, the patient in that scene thought that she didn't need experts because she could find any answer instantly. And evidently, she was wrong. We do still need experts.
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That certainly is the argument of Cal Newport's book [Deep Work](https://search.worldcat.org/title/908704985). I finally started reading this book a few weeks ago, and that is one of the core takeaways that I got from it: **We have entered an age of post information scarcity. **It used to be that if you wanted to know the things that doctors know, then you had no other choice than to go to medical school. That information was locked away in lecture halls and expensive textbooks behind brutally hard entrance exams and shockingly steep tuitions. But now that information is just a Google search away. Getting the information is no longer a problem. We live in an age of post information scarcity. In this new age, it is no longer extremely valuable to simply be someone who knows more information than those around you. What's truly valuable is to be an expert, someone who has taken the time and effort to deeply understand a topic and master a skill.
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That certainly is the argument of Cal Newport's book [Deep Work](https://search.worldcat.org/title/908704985). I finally started reading this book a few weeks ago, and that is one of the core takeaways that I got from it: **We have entered an age of post information scarcity.** It used to be that if you wanted to know the things that doctors know, then you had no other choice than to go to medical school. That information was locked away in lecture halls and expensive textbooks behind brutally hard entrance exams and shockingly steep tuitions. But now that information is just a Google search away. Getting the information is no longer a problem. We live in an age of post information scarcity. In this new age, it is no longer extremely valuable to simply be someone who knows more information than those around you. What's truly valuable is to be an expert, someone who has taken the time and effort to deeply understand a topic and master a skill.
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When I read this idea from _Deep Work_, I was struck by how insightful it was. I was also struck to realize that it's not true anymore.
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