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aelephant comments on Replaceability as a virtue - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: aelephant 12 December 2012 11:43:47PM 0 points [-]

Being able to teach others is itself a useful skill that might increase Dr. Anne's irreplacability at the same time. Maybe her role in the institution will change and she will do fewer surgeries & more teaching; maybe she will do fewer simple surgeries (because she has trained others to do them) while she takes on more challenging ones more suited to her because of her experience.