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Specialization is almost entirely responsible for all the gains in our standard of living since the stone age. This includes almost every technological advance.
by spikels 13y ago
Specialization is almost entirely responsible for all the gains in our standard of living since the stone age. This includes almost every technological advance.
Heinlein is wrong on this and a specialist himself: a writer who requires other specialists to meet his every basic need (water, food, shelter...).
Don't dismiss specialization as it is the key to both past and future success.
- d4rti 13y agoAdditionally the line is spoken by a character who lives for over 2000 years.[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Long
- sjy 13y agoMaybe the quote would make a bit more sense in context. "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."