From a reader:

Jonah,
I emailed this to your boss, Rich, but you’ll like it, too:
My father coined the acronym ETD, for “Ego-Talent Discrepancy”. He was a
composer, so he mostly applied ETD to the world of contemporary music.
(Jay will tell you that that’s not hard.) John Edwards is demonstrating
that it has wider applications ….
Since he died recently and his memorial concert is coming up at the
University of Western Ontario this September, perhaps you could mention
Gerhard Wuensch and his ETD? I’m sure everyone at NRO will find it a
useful concept.