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[Shannon]

I would have thought Shannon would have taken Ben on board as an apprentice. Train him up in the areas of audio engineering. So he can offload some of the tasks. Possibly create a team who can then churn out the products quickly.

Shannon stated already several times that this won't happen because he would need to give his knowledge away. This isn't about recording and encoding a simply audio file.

Not only that but giving away secrets (trustworthiness) is only one of three major considerations. The others being, can these concepts be understood, and can the person apply them safely. There is a lot more to what I do than you know or understand, and it takes not just a very high level of intellectual capacity to do this, but a very deep understanding of psychology and a lot of subtleties that the vast majority of people cannot readily see. It also requires a very strong tolerance for boring, slow, drawn out, steady work that must always be flawless.

I have only encountered one person who I thought had enough of these traits to be able to do this safely, without making mistakes, understand what was being done, and handle the slow, tedious, boring work that needs to be flawless. When I suggested that he might be interested in learning how to do this, he laughed at me and told me that I was crazy and that I could not pay him enough to do my job because of how complex, tedious, nitpicky and boring it is.

So even if I was to have absolute trust in someone, they don't automatically get access. You must have the intelligence to comprehend what is being done, the understanding of abstract psychological concepts necessary to apply these ideas effectively, properly and safely, and then the ability to work slowly, patiently, steadily, for long periods of time, working with insanely complex and subtle language structures, and do so with no errors.

That's a pretty tall order. There is currently nobody who embodies all that but me.

When and if there is someone who I believe fits these qualities, and I am given permission to teach them what I know, then I will consider it. But some of what I know and use in creating these programs is not mine to share. It is used with permission by those who have taught me, who only did so because they trust me to keep their secret knowledge a secret. Earning that trust took me more than a decade, and I am never going to betray it.

So it's not a matter of teaching someone audio engineering. That part of my job is actually relatively simple. I could teach most people that in simple form in a couple hours, and really explain it in a couple days. The meat and potatoes is in the scripting and the technique and technology that goes into it. And that must remain a secret, not just for my financial security, but for your safety. Imperfect understanding and/or execution of that knowledge and technique would be a bad thing. I can't afford that risk any more than I can afford to have someone betray me or steal/share my secrets in terms of how I do this.