Book Titles

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Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By David Epstein

Year Published: 2019
ISBN-13: 978-0735214484
Categories: Generalization, Specialization, Work

75 Quotes Found

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Overspecialization can lead to collective tragedy even when every individual separately takes the most reasonable course of action.

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Our greatest strength is the exact opposite of narrow specialization. It is the ability to integrate broadly.

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In the wicked world, with ill-defined challenges and few rigid rules, range can be a life hack.

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Modern work demands knowledge transfer: the ability to apply knowledge to new situations and different domains.

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Our conceptual classification schemes provide a scaffolding for connecting knowledge, making it accessible and flexible.

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Exposure to the modern world has made us better adapted for complexity, and that has manifested as flexibility, with profound implications for the breadth of our intellectual world.

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…everyone needs habits of mind that allow them to dance across disciplines.

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One good tool is rarely enough in a complex, interconnected, rapidly changing world.

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…great rewards will accrue to those who can take conceptual knowledge from one problem or domain and apply it in an entirely new one.

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Improv masters learn like babies: dive in and imitate and improvise first, learn the formal rules later.

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