Specialization Is For Insects

Robert Heinlein: A human being should be able to: change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts , build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and lastly die gallantly. Specialization Is For Insects. (a good basis for a For Hackers/HowTo book)

2007-07-04-DangerousBookForBoys

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/07/basic-self-reliancemaker-curriculum-for-kids.html

(Be a Generalist, not a Specialist?)


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