I think of expertise as a network of competent people with some nodes having more weight and some nodes being necessary for the whole thing to be a “-work”.
For instance, take nature conservation. It always deals with very specific things (plants, bird migrations, fossil fuels, roads, treaties, whatever.). It’s a hodgepodge. You might need many specific experts. But in the center, there is always the need to balance the needs of man and the needs of nature; and this is usually the work of a few.
And it is these few that you most hope to be “real”.
I think of expertise as a network of competent people with some nodes having more weight and some nodes being necessary for the whole thing to be a “-work”.
For instance, take nature conservation. It always deals with very specific things (plants, bird migrations, fossil fuels, roads, treaties, whatever.). It’s a hodgepodge. You might need many specific experts. But in the center, there is always the need to balance the needs of man and the needs of nature; and this is usually the work of a few.
And it is these few that you most hope to be “real”.