[ExI] Master of many trades

[Tomasz Rola]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2013, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/anyone-can-learn-to-be-a-polymath/

> Master of many trades

> Our age reveres the narrow specialist but humans are natural polymaths, 
> at our best when we turn our minds to many things

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, 
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance 
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give 
orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, 
pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, 
die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
 Robert Heinlein,

Hoooly fork, I am almost a human being. Now I have a motivation. Will 
improve. That's a nice goal to have.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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