on imagination
state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters—a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man.
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Emerson on humans confining themselves to narrow specialisations.
Low-level domains: usually working in bounded problem spaces, more focused on technical skills, talent is easily defined by excellence with that skill to solve certain tasks or problems.
High-level domains: unbounded problem spaces (e.g. business, humanities, philosophy) ones that are more 'academic', thought-focused, framework-focused. usually
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