Put yet another way: overcrowdedness is a significant concern. Perhaps you assign it a higher weighting within the ‘overcrowdedness/ importance / tractability’ tripartite than the average EA. If so, why not trade it off for the latter two: you could examine only moderately important careers—ones that receive little/no EA attention—where the average employee is much less talented than you. Or you could dedicate yourself to solving a seemingly intractable problem—it’s high risk but that’s precisely why it might be overlooked as Romeo points out.
Of course, if you think replaceability issues are truly ubiquitous, then even these suggestions are moot.
Put yet another way: overcrowdedness is a significant concern. Perhaps you assign it a higher weighting within the ‘overcrowdedness/ importance / tractability’ tripartite than the average EA. If so, why not trade it off for the latter two: you could examine only moderately important careers—ones that receive little/no EA attention—where the average employee is much less talented than you. Or you could dedicate yourself to solving a seemingly intractable problem—it’s high risk but that’s precisely why it might be overlooked as Romeo points out.
Of course, if you think replaceability issues are truly ubiquitous, then even these suggestions are moot.