Your opinion doesn't mean much, because there's nothing to back it up. You can't even give an example, because you've never held a job.

You keep saying it's an opinion. It's not. It's an observation and inference. If my observation that the economy is highly specialized is incorrect, please explain why. If my inference that this leads to hostility toward experts is incorrect, please explain how the human fear of the unknown isn't a common thing.

Oh. I base it on the fact that we live in the most specialized economy in human history.

dont even bother with this basement dwelling psycho. He has no job, no formal education and lives in his parents basement. I've been down this path with him.

Total fraud and failure in life and will die a virgin. Shouldnt even be on these forums after threatening the life of Trump.

Call the FBI.

BTW this guy is a prime example. He has a degree in power engineering, but he was completely wrong about the nature of flight because he has no education in fluid mechanics.

Why is it wrong? We live in an extremely specialized economy. To do anything of value, you're usually required to specialize. Each job is usually a specific role.

I'll come back to this later when you feel like actually explaining the point. You seem to think generalization is more valuable than specialization in today's economy. That's just blatantly false. You, danny, and godfrd should try making points rather than personal attacks.

So what is your point?

You either think the economy rewards generalization or you think it doesn't. Either the economy favors specialization or it favors generalization. Which is it?

I really don't get your point.

keep coping, youre below every group including the minimum wagers. You will die a virgin, youre the equivalent or below a welfare queen. Lol, youre so smart but can't get any job at all

Just remember most of us have jobs, houses, friends and a family. You have none, zero and I assume it will remain that way.

This is the misc...ignorance and stupidity are worn like badges of honor

If you have no real world first hand experience with it, then yeah it’s just an opinion and not a real observance.


If you did, you’d know that while specialization often gets someone a first job, being more generalized and balanced in skills and knowledge, which includes your social skills, will reward you much more than deep specialization. Being more balanced will lead to roles like leadership and management.


Which engineer is most rewarded by the economy - the super autist expert, or the pretty good engineer who played sports, makes friends easily, and has social skills?


Your “observations” about how the economy and the world of work functions are just as valid as any “observations” you would have about sex and relationships

I see you've studied Adam Smith

My personal experiences are irrelevant since my point is made in any economics discussion of division of labor. We live in the most highly specialized economy in human history. Specialists tend to have higher wages than generalists. You've made no real argument.

Almost every single comment you make is an ad hominem. You practically never make any meaningful point. You hate me because you are a former mod or BobbyD. I'm pretty tired of replying to you.

Anyway the point stands. The anti-intellectualism you are seeing is due to an extreme level of specialization in our economy. Most of you will die on Mount Stupid.

This. See our current president and his retarded fans and their anti-mask views

I think you have a point here. It reminds me of the fact that the super smart people don't always get the job when they often have no social skills and wouldn't be a good member of the team.

I also think that there is something false about it. Those leadership and management roles are filled from below...usually. Who are in those roles below? Specialists. I think that at first, you should seek to specialize, then pursue broadening opportunities. The military does a great job at this. You are taught to become an expert in your field, then you work your way up by increasing the breadth of experience that you have. No leader will make it to the top of a multi-function organization with only very narrow professional experience.

Even management generally requires specialization in management. For example, most executives have MBAs. In fact, one of the only places you tend to see generalists thrive is in startups since they are forced to take on multiple roles at the company.

I wouldn't call someone with an engineering degree and an MBA who manages engineers a generalist. He's a specialist in engineering management.

Agreed. I would almost consider that broadening since you are moving towards a new specialization instead of building upon your initial skill. Still not nearing "generalization" though

Management is a discipline of study and an MBA certifies some level of specialized education. There are also many specializations within an MBA as well.

Right. My perspective on a generalist is a MacGyver type. Perhaps a lone farmer who builds his own housing, catches or grows his own food, and is mostly self reliant would be the best example of a modern day generalist. A jack of all trades.

For most of human history, people had to be generalists.

"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, Time Enough for Love"

Yet, of course, specialization, as Adam Smith said, is one of the things that allowed our society to become so productive and enabled the construction of marvelous products that would be too difficult for a small group of generalists to create.

What's interesting is we clearly didn't evolve to be specialists. This makes our entire way of living feel very unnatural. People become jaded and unhappy with the same job after decades. It is in our nature to get bored and seek to learn new skills.

The tragedy is there isn't enough time. Unless you're really clever, it's difficult to gain even a basic understanding of the vast number of fields of knowledge and expertise. Democracy requires people to have a strong general education, but our education keeps morphing to become more specialized.

I'm pretty good at building things, figuring out how they work, and troubleshooting. I can usually hack it at whatever it is I am trying to do.

Is there a reason you follow every comment I make and spend all your time trying to "gotcha" me?

Trades don't brag about being uneducated. You NEED brains to work on these high tech buildings. There's ALWAYS problem solving for the medium and big projects. If you're a stupid fuk you'll be a laborer the rest of your life.

Trades brag how they didn't have to go to some college and get ass raped for $40k to get a $50k job. While 20 year olds are struggling with the part time college job, the 20 year old tradie is making $20/hr. By 24 they're making $30/hr easy and that's not even overtime. And FYI you don't have to stay in the trades all your life. I had trades in my Construction Management classes, all of us become Managers of course.

If I had to start over, I'd go trades + live at home. By the time I'm 23 I got $100k saved, enough to go to college debt free, buy a house, and still invest.

Strong purely theoretical knowledge of what an MBA entails lol

You know as much as any cuck who read the pamphlet made by the uni’s marketing department. Sad!

Cool.

then the economy tanks and the tradies can't get a job, so the STEMcels have to help them with welfare through the bad times lest they become criminals or try to upend society.

Are you arguing that an MBA isn't a specialized degree that certifies some specific business or economic skills?

the unabomber said tradies were how people were suppose to live and STEMcels are coping *******s destroying the world

We have division of labor. You need both tradies and stemcels. They are all valuable cogs in the economic machine. Problem is nobody likes being a cog.