@kepano I'm not sure if I understood this article correctly, but no one can be an expert in every aspect of his life. For example, you can try to read about diseases and treatments, but that cannot replace the expertise of doctors. Heck, even a doctor has to consult another doctor when it's outside of their expertise.
@curiousmind if you're paying a recurring sum to treat a problem you don't understand,
you probably have a parasite
you can avoid entering the loop by learning the fundamentals yourself, and developing healthy habits
@kepano I wish I had infinite time and patience to study every problem I don't understand that I'm trusting someone else to handle for me. Human civilization was built on trusting each other (within reasonable limits) after all.
This is not to say that one shouldn't try to reduce their dependency on others when it's possible and reasonably safe.
@curiousmind @kepano I call this the solution vs verification problem (to be analogous to the P vs NP problem). We must understand the problem well enough to verify a solution is correct. We can outsource the solution itself.
Eg: you can outsource mining gold. You cannot outsource understanding how to assay gold, or outsource understanding how assayers marks are certified, or how to detect fraud.