The true expert does not perform in a state of effortless ‘flow’ | Aeon Essays
Barbara Gail Monteroaeon.coSaved by Alex Dobrenko
The true expert does not perform in a state of effortless ‘flow’ | Aeon Essays
Saved by Alex Dobrenko
The greatest lie I ever told myself was that expertise would set me free. It's a peculiar form of self-deception, this notion that mastery somehow equals liberation. I've spent the better part of my life accumulating knowledge like a magpie hoarding bottle caps, only to discover that knowing exactly what I'm doing has become the intellectual
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