Some problems are shaped as a PhD Ramp.
- Some problems are shaped as a PhD Ramp.
- They're easy to get started with a good enough answer.
- The bar is not too high.
- To improve quality incrementally just takes throwing more PhDs at it.
- It's not easy or cheap, but it is low risk.
- The more progress you make, the more of a moat you leave behind you for others to have to traverse to catch you.
- Search quality problems have this shape.