Generalism vs. Specialization
There is no doubt that our world would be a much better place to live if we used our resources to educate young people across a wider sphere of disciplines.
Until the 17th or 18th Century, there was very little specialization in Western civilization, perhaps the best example of which was da Vinci: artist, mathematician, and scientist. Today, the idea that a particle physicist or a quantum chemist would be a top landscape artist or concert pianist is laughable. (more…)
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