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I think this is only partly true. I think it's more generally true that once hard technical problems are solved once, all that's left are coordination and prioritisation problems.

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It's largely untrue in greenfield R&D, unless you classify good communication as a subset of coordination.

"The few that aren’t come to mind much easier because they’re much more legible than coordination problems."

How much of the world is spent working on truly greenfield R&D vs how much attention do we pay to it in the media, in our discussions and as examples that we use when we try and convey abstract concepts?

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