Not really an answer, but a statement and a question—I imagine this is literally the least neglected issue in the world right now. How much does that affect the calculus? How much should we defer to people with more domain expertise?
We should defer to people with more domain expertise exactly as much as we would normally do (all else being equal).
Almost all of what’s posted to and discussed on this site is ‘non-original work’ (or, at best, original derivative work). That’s our comparative advantage! Interpreting and synthesizing other’s work is what we do best and this single issue affects both every regular user and any potentially visitor immensely.
There’s no reason why we can’t continue to focus long-term on our current priorities – but the pandemic affects all of our abilities to do so and I don’t think any of us can completely ignore this crisis.
Not really an answer, but a statement and a question—I imagine this is literally the least neglected issue in the world right now. How much does that affect the calculus? How much should we defer to people with more domain expertise?
We should defer to people with more domain expertise exactly as much as we would normally do (all else being equal).
Almost all of what’s posted to and discussed on this site is ‘non-original work’ (or, at best, original derivative work). That’s our comparative advantage! Interpreting and synthesizing other’s work is what we do best and this single issue affects both every regular user and any potentially visitor immensely.
There’s no reason why we can’t continue to focus long-term on our current priorities – but the pandemic affects all of our abilities to do so and I don’t think any of us can completely ignore this crisis.