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Your comment assumes that more time spent on an activity increases proficiency. All other things kept equal, this is likely true. However, if dentist B works two days per week and spends one day per week on deliberate practice, I would quite likely prefer to see dentist B when I need work done. The salient point being that we ought to be able to work less overall, have more diversity of (work) experience and still be better at what we do.

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