Specialization is Anti-Education - by Mathew Crawford
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The Education Wars Part VIII
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." -Oscar Levant This article has been in the works for months, but in actuality for years. I have written various smaller versions of it in numerous places ranging from my own Facebook to anonymous accounts (no, I'm not revealing those…It's nice to sometimes just be a mischievous cartoon animal aside from the cacophony of human politics). I was inspired to finish this article just today specifically after watching a presentation at Pandata by a self-described generalist who put together the immense and superb…
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