I disagree. The moat now is being able to understand, and then communicate that understanding to others, even when they resist understanding. Crack that, and you'll save this civilization from all the immature shortsighted thinkers.
Agreed. You may know so many things, but ultimately its useless if the other party does not care about wanting to understand them. And I have no clue what the right way is, besides letting people and their models fail and then being there with an answer ...
