VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCALING STRATEGIES TO AVOID DESTRUCTION IN THE MODERN CONTEST: RIDING OUT THE PERTURBATIONS OF ITS LARGEST SCALE OF THE SEIZING OF HIGH GAIN/CHEAP ENERGY AND THE EXPENSIVE REFINING OF LOW GAIN ENERGY, AS ARGUED BY TIM ALLEN AND COLLEAGUES

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In general, I imagine it is obvious that most of us work in systems that fall on the low part of the curve. We put out a huge amount of energy to get a small return. This is true in my medical profession as it is in your profession of the basic sciences. Indeed, it is harder and harder to get ahead, despite doubling and tripling of the work hours (Warren, 2006). What happens then? Robert Louis Stevenson foresaw what would happen over a hundred years ago when he wrote The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1985, original work published 1886). Contrary to the sensational view of this case in the public, Stevenson did not mean it to be atypical at all, but the typical result of a regime of low gain energy capture. Dr. Jekyll becomes exhausted. He can't keep it up.