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Re:Time anxiety: is it too late? by jimstr on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:02PM (#20815963)
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.
Re:Time anxiety: is it too late? by ylem on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:03AM (#20819331)
I will second this recommendation. It has some great stories about people such as Van Gogh and inspired some new thoughts on machine learning.
Re:Time anxiety: is it too late? by kevinguh on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:27AM (#20817654)
Thanks for the link, the to-read list never seems to stop growing but that book certainly sounds like one I'll have to add