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I think it is important to remember not to value judge these sorts of widespread skills. Does it matter today that I can't shape a flint or ride a horse?

• lwswl 4y ago
  Presumably you can use a lighter and drive a car though. One of those two may no longer be the case for people soon...
• woodruffw 4y ago
  I think the error here is in judging the absence of specific skills, and not in judging the broad absence of non-specialized skills. In other words: it's wrong (and ridiculous) to judge someone for not knowing how to shape a flint, but it's correct to note that we should all have some general set of skills that aren't tied directly to our academic backgrounds or professions.
• ryukafalz 4y ago
  I think there’s a huge difference between being able to do something and being able to intelligently converse about it. The former I would not expect of people for tasks outside their specialization, but the latter seems like a more reasonable ask - especially if the demographic is college professors.
• boredemployee 4y ago
  There's this common sense that creativity and great ideas come when you gather two "unrelated topics", maybe riding a horse can spark some new idea in a new field (ie. robotics)