> but also tend to capture more value / status than the generalists that helped the system navigate the s-curve? Are you assuming that being a specialist in a

> but also tend to capture more value / status than the generalists that helped the system navigate the s-curve? Are you assuming that being a specialist in a mature market always makes you more money than being an early player? I don't think that's always the case, there are many stories in the news of early employees of Silicon Valley companies who are now multi-millionaires just because they were in early. E.g. one of them IIRC is the cook who was in charge of preparing meals for the early Google team.