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A Conversation With "Range" Author David Epstein
“If you think extraordinary talent and a maniacal pursuit of excellence are necessary for success, I say that’s just one approach, and probably the hardest. When it comes to skills, quantity often beats quality.” Adams calls this strategy the ‘talent stack’. The idea is that you combine two or more skills you’re pretty good at, until no-one else ha
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“A jack-of-all-trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
Elysha Dicks • Someday Is Today
Many great thinkers are (or were) generalizing specialists. Shakespeare, Da Vinci, Kepler, and Boyd excelled by branching out from their core competencies. These men knew how to learn fast, picking up the key ideas and then returning to their specialties. Unlike their forgotten peers, they didn’t continue studying one area past the point of diminis... See more
Shane Parrish • The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled
Why Generalists Own the Future
In the age of AI, it’s better to know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
by Dan Shipper
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A common refrain I hear is that in the age of AI, you don’t want to be a “jack of all trades and a master
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