You’ve probably heard the saying, “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

The path to mastery passes through a window where the intermediate practitioner, getting their first taste of knowledge and experience, knows more than the beginner — but less than they think.

This creates a widening gap between “how much I think I know” and “how much I actually know.”

I’ve never seen this concept better expressed than via the below graphic, created by Simon Wardley: (more…)