I was surprised to discover that this doesn’t seem to have already been written up in detail on the forum, so thanks for doing so. The same concept has been written up in a couple of other (old) places, one of which I see you linked to and I assume inspired the title:
The 80k article also has a disclaimer and a follow-up post that felt relevant here; it’s worth being careful about a word as broad as ‘talent’:
Update April 2019: We think that our use of the term ‘talent gaps’ in this post (and elsewhere) has caused some confusion. We’ve written a post clarifying what we meant by the term and addressing some misconceptions that our use of it may have caused. Most importantly, we now think it’s much more useful to talk about specific skills and abilities that are important constraints on particular problems rather than talking about ‘talent constraints’ in general terms. This page may be misleading if it’s not read in conjunction with our clarifications.
I was surprised to discover that this doesn’t seem to have already been written up in detail on the forum, so thanks for doing so. The same concept has been written up in a couple of other (old) places, one of which I see you linked to and I assume inspired the title:
Givewell: We can’t (simply) buy capacity
80000 Hours: Focus more on talent gaps, not funding gaps
The 80k article also has a disclaimer and a follow-up post that felt relevant here; it’s worth being careful about a word as broad as ‘talent’: