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Range (David Epstein) - Book Review

Mere Mortals Conversations
Mere Mortals Conversations
Episode • Jan 26, 2021 • 13m
Is it better to generalise or specialise? 'Range' by David Epstein argues that generalists actually manage to do better in a specialised world. He previously wrote a book called 'The Sports Gene' and he himself said he put around 150% more effort into producing this book. Some arguments he makes are that hyper specialisation can be detrimental due to becoming cognitively entrenched in a field and that a thinker can become worse not better by the additional information they are provided.
Juan summarised the book as follows. "While a lot of what he says is true, I don't think hyper-specialisation...