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> measuring output is polluted by interpersonal skills

Also, many of those 'skills' are nothing more than shared cultural backgrounds and/or biases.

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This is exactly what the original essay said:

> It's hard to be independent-minded without being somewhat socially awkward, because conventional beliefs are so often mistaken, or at least arbitrary. No one who was both independent-minded and ambitious would want to waste the effort it takes to fit in