Specialists

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Specialists

Laurie Street — 10/16/2006 8:48:01 PM (archived)

A specialist is someone who learns more and more about less and less until eventually he knows everything about nothing. A generalist is someone who learns less and less about more and more until eventually he knows nothing about everything.

I fear the demise of the generalist.

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Are computers worth their salt? - Laurie Street - 10/15/2006 9:33:25 PM
- Your biomed devices don't have IP addresses? - Scott Evil - 10/16/2006 9:18:00 PM
- With humans it's just one damn thing after another. - alcaray - 10/16/2006 9:16:58 PM
- Player Piano - ER - 10/16/2006 3:15:54 PM
  - I think experience is almost worthless - SDF - 10/17/2006 3:10:31 AM
    - Relax! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2006 4:46:52 AM
  - re: Player Piano - ER - 10/16/2006 7:12:18 PM
    - Specialists - Laurie Street - 10/16/2006 8:48:01 PM
      - pencil-necked geeks with skinny ties - ER - 10/16/2006 8:55:36 PM
  - re: New tech - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 6:32:18 PM
    - It's interesting to note how much democratization is helped along by enabling the "little people" to have weapons. - Laurie Street - 10/16/2006 8:44:20 PM
      - The AK-47 may do more to change the world than the nuclear bomb. - ER - 10/16/2006 9:00:34 PM
        
        re: The AK-47 may do more to change the world than the nuclear bomb. - Laurie Street - 10/17/2006 4:03:24 AM
  - Aha! A potential librarian. - Mary Anne - 10/16/2006 5:30:52 PM
- No - RobVG - 10/16/2006 4:26:50 AM
- yes. - podrock - 10/16/2006 3:23:51 AM
- Speaking as a professional geek... - Mary Anne - 10/15/2006 11:41:00 PM
  - The internet alone probably makes it worth it. - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 12:17:14 AM
- re: Are computers worth their salt? - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 10:45:29 PM
- Interesting point. - Bowser - 10/15/2006 10:08:21 PM

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