but a master of none, they say. That's bogus.
There is something to be said for spreading ourselves too thinly, such that we're never able to develop any meaningful understanding of anything.
I have seen too many specialists, however, that in the narrowness of their expertise are unable to really do great things. I think that no longer does excellence come from knowing one thing well, but rather from being able to synthesize something different from a wide variety of sources.
I spread my studies in college. I did not maintain a singular focus. I saw econ majors not understand the value of individual people and what they needed to understand to make our society work correctly. I saw policy analysts not understand the intricacies of markets or personal interaction. I saw educators not know how to scale their new ideas into the next world-changing ventures.
Do your trade. Become an expert at it. But I have not ever seen a reality in our world that can be seen through a single lens, or a problem that can be solved with a single-faceted solution.
It's all connected. Why don't we practice making the connections?
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