Re:Time anxiety: is it too late?
by jimstr on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:02PM
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The book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
by David Epstein https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795733-range argues a lot for this as well, and goes on to discuss numerous examples where generalists have made the breakthroughs and/or excelled in some way, due to synergy, overlap and inspiration.
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I will second this recommendation. It has some great stories about people such as Van Gogh and inspired some new thoughts on machine learning.