I wrote a piece at Liberal Currents about our hyper-specialized world – how it’s taken away from civic engagement and some economic growth, how the market’s demand for specialists compares to the educational establishment’s treatment of it, and how the intellectual sphere over time has viewed the specialist versus generalist spectrum.
January 4, 2021
The Need for more Foxes: Polymaths and Hyper-specialization
Posted by W. Jerome under Uncategorized | Tags: Adam Smith, Civic Engagement, Democracy, Economics, Generalists, History, Liberal Currents, Specialization |Leave a Comment
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