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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Constantine" data-source="post: 1464544" data-attributes="member: 16623">Specialization is for people who live in a society that necessitates it. If we were all still hunter-gatherers, then yes, we could learn all the jobs in our village. But in modern society learning to do everything is impractical, and will preclude getting good at anything. Learning to conn a ship, for instance, takes a military officer about a year of assisting at watch and constant studying. And even after passing the deck watch officer board, he is usually several years away from being really competent. And this whole time he's spending at least half his time at sea. Writing a decent sonnet probably takes even longer. No wonder Heinlein died childless. Learn to be competent in the things you need to; your job, managing your money, being a reliable friend, etc. Then with whatever time you have left learn the things you want; languages, instruments, writing sonnets, etc. There is no need to learn everything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emperor Constantine, post: 1464544, member: 16623"] Specialization is for people who live in a society that necessitates it. If we were all still hunter-gatherers, then yes, we could learn all the jobs in our village. But in modern society learning to do everything is impractical, and will preclude getting good at anything. Learning to conn a ship, for instance, takes a military officer about a year of assisting at watch and constant studying. And even after passing the deck watch officer board, he is usually several years away from being really competent. And this whole time he's spending at least half his time at sea. Writing a decent sonnet probably takes even longer. No wonder Heinlein died childless. Learn to be competent in the things you need to; your job, managing your money, being a reliable friend, etc. Then with whatever time you have left learn the things you want; languages, instruments, writing sonnets, etc. There is no need to learn everything. [/QUOTE]

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