This leads to the "Overdeveloped Paradox": The more they acquire (gear, software, niche facts), the less adaptable they become. You can move an expert from carpentry to cabinetry fluidly. You cannot move an overdeveloped amateur from 4K video color grading to audio mixing, because their brain has been wired to reject anything outside their 20-hour tutorial series on DaVinci Resolve.
Because their knowledge is a fortress built on a swamp, any critique that pierces their specialty shatters their confidence. overdeveloped amateurs
This leads to the "Overdeveloped Paradox": The more they acquire (gear, software, niche facts), the less adaptable they become. You can move an expert from carpentry to cabinetry fluidly. You cannot move an overdeveloped amateur from 4K video color grading to audio mixing, because their brain has been wired to reject anything outside their 20-hour tutorial series on DaVinci Resolve.
Because their knowledge is a fortress built on a swamp, any critique that pierces their specialty shatters their confidence.