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On being a generalist
Danny • 3 cards
Beware the Casual Polymath
applieddivinitystudies.comEpstein looks at multi-decade research about forecasting and how specialists constantly can’t predict with any accuracy while generalists manage to do better. In short; people who are broadly curious, and interested in multiple fields, fare better and adjust their models more easily when proven wrong.
Patrick Tanguay • Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Future?
She was teaching us that the goal isn’t just having the most ideas; it is having different ideas. Better ones. Twenty-five little lightbulbs went on and we were set out into the world to become creative, status-quo-changing thinkers. That definition
Matt Wallaert • Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change
Most lists of tips you can find about growing a publication or micro-media and finding “1000 true fans” will say at some point “find your niche,” “you need a niche,” “it’s important to know what your niche is,” or some variation. Which seems to lead to a similar conclusion as generalists: that more and more people value a multi-domain “hyphenated” ... See more
Patrick Tanguay • Generalists
why everyone wants to be the internet's librarian
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