<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 10:44 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-5977601314320595390WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>  </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave S via extropy-chat<br><br></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…Heinlein's famous specialization quote isn't really arguing that people should be experts at everything and that there's no need for working experts in many fields.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Did you mean his “Specialization is for insects” crack?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah:</div><div><br></div><div>   <a href="https://reason.com/2020/02/29/specialization-is-for-insects/">https://reason.com/2020/02/29/specialization-is-for-insects/</a></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-5977601314320595390WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">There’s plenty to be said for increasing specialization as well.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> Obviously. One wouldn't want their neighbor the salesman to do their brain surgery.</div><div><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>