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"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 wal
by ForHackernews 6y ago
"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 A. Heinlein
- seemslegit 6y agoBut how many of these can be practiced simultaneously ?
- grenoire 6y agoI wager that's the intended exaggeration; many of the listed do share some fundamentals, however. I don't think it's unreasonable to be baseline able to do most of the listed. You don't have to be a great butcher and a programmer simultaneously, obviously.