The myth that a very narrow set of skills is all that's necessary is not a new one. I don't really know where it comes from, and my pet hypotheses are too ugly

The myth that a very narrow set of skills is all that's necessary is not a new one. I don't really know where it comes from, and my pet hypotheses are too ugly to share, except that their nicest parts have to do with people believing what they want to hear, not what is true.