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N°27 — General Seminar 16 "The Generalist"

Near Future Laboratory Podcast

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The General Seminar - The Challenges of the Generalist

The generalist suffers a strange fate at this particular moment in the evolution of human consciousness, which is that we are not specialists. You call a generalist to fix your plumbing. According to lintoln's algorithm, i would be well served to learn microsoft office if i want to be a viable candidate for most jobs. What the fuck has this world come to? I probably sound like ting. It's exceptionally frustrating to be a generalist. you can have started and run and sold a successful start up and not be able to describe to an algorithm what you are good for. The value of the generalist is in the unanticipated benefits and value of diversity of perspectives, skills

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