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, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Source: Moishe Lettvin
Tags: life, programming, skill





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April 5, 2007 at 11:45 pm
david silver
yes!
April 5, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Alexandre Girard
Thanks David, after meeting you I know what you mean just by a simple “yes!”
April 14, 2007 at 8:02 pm
44rón Sapito
‘La especialización es para insectos’
Esa misma frase se la escuché a alguien más, pero por ahora no recuerdo a quien.
‘Specialization is for insects’. I’ve heard that from somebody else… but I can’t remember who was it.