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In Hidalgo's personbyte model, production requiring more knowhow than one person can hold depends on coordinating complementary specialists.
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“TITLE: Capability resides in coordinated networks. BODY: The personbyte is Hidalgo's conceptual bound on an individual's knowhow, not a calibrated memory unit. Once a task exceeds that bound, dividing knowledge among specialists creates a second problem: reconstituting it through effective interaction. A roster of experts is not automatically a productive organization. SCOPE: Conditional on the model's finite human capacities and knowledge-intensive production; tools and automation can change the required distribution. IMPLICATION: Assess interfaces, joint practice, and missing specialties alongside individual credentials. LIMIT: This does not prove bigger networks are always better, nor that today's human coordination limits apply unchanged to AI. SOURCE: Why Information Grows, chunks 141–144, 148–153.”
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