Re: "Specialization is for Insects"... Two extremes in one thread. :) There is a middle ground, where we have different levels of knowledge on a great multitud

Re: "Specialization is for Insects"... Two extremes in one thread. :) There is a middle ground, where we have different levels of knowledge on a great multitude of things. The other day, for example, I patched a hole in my own tire, rather than taking it to a shop. What if (a hypothetical) I, a self-proclaimed C programmer, needed a bugfix in a tool written in python? I can get my job done much quicker if I make a quick patch on my own, rather than wait for someone else to fix it for me. Specialization is great; it is nice to have experts. Knowing many things is great; it is nice to have people who can do more than one thing effectively. Just as a basic life survival thing, btw, you probably want to learn the basics of hunting, gathering, and farming. Some things are more important to know than others. :) Insects survive well as a species and much less well as individuals.