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So if I were to apply this to my career, I should be a T-shaped engineer, right? :P Joking aside, I love this comment. To expand on this further - maybe the q

So if I were to apply this to my career, I should be a T-shaped engineer, right? :P Joking aside, I love this comment. To expand on this further - maybe the question of generalist vs specialist is not the right question. Rather, I come to this conclusion when exploring that topic - adapt to the environment. So, the 3-step plan to become successful at life (TM): 1. understand what it takes to be successful in the current environment 2. adapt yourself to be successful in the current environment 3. understand that your environment will change, so iterate over time by going back to step 1

planet-and-halo 6y ago
Honestly as a human being I think you also have to be careful what you're optimizing for. This is a nice framework if you're thinking about survival and to some degree career, but as human beings we also have a very complex psychology and those problems are mostly "solved" to some degree for many of us. Money and careers are obviously important to some extent, especially if you're struggling to pay rent or eat, but beyond that if this is the only framework guiding your life, you could easily make a bunch of money and still end up miserable. Treating ourselves as economic units maximizing utility I suspect is a big part of what has exacerbated societal ills like alienation and depression.