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“mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated”

Range Experimentation Specialization

Book:Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Source: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

“The bigger the picture, the more unique the potential human contribution. Our greatest strength is the exact opposite of narrow specialization. It is the ability to integrate broadly. According to Gary Marcus, a psychology and neuroscience professor, who sold his machine learning company to Uber, "In narrow enough worlds, humans may not have much to contribute much longer.”

Range Ai Big Picture Machine Learning Specialist Generalist

Book:Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World / Messy / The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World / Messy / The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“It is difficult to accept that the best learning road is slow, and that doing poorly now is essential for better performance later. It is so deeply counterintuitive that it fools the learners themselves”

Author:David Epstein

“The sampling period is not incidental to the development of great performers—something to be excised in the interest of a head start—it is integral.”

Range Expertise Performance Peak Performance Generalists

Author:David Epstein