I’m tempted to say great list, but I can’t claim to have read everything on it. So, instead, I’ll say thanks for sharing! I look forward to reading what I have not already.
One thing I’ll say is that, as a generalist, you need to be willing to read things that don’t seem related to what your current primary interest(s) may be. You cannot be constrained in that way. But, by obvious implication, the trap of the generalist is that they are not constrained. They can get lost and wander without direction. Foragers with no base to bring their found goods back to.
(I do think generalists would benefit from being constrained, and typically focusing on skills or knowledge that potentiates, scales, or elongates time-horizons, for example, is some of the most beneficial.)
I wanted to highlight this, as the most impactful books I’ve read on dealing with emotions/people/hard problems/anything (often, but not always) weren’t directly about that topic.
I like this list as it provides generalised advice within some scoped (though broad) space. It provides variety and disparate connections, which the generalist mind craves, without entirely lacking structure or direction.
Finally, I wasn’t aware of this need for generalists. I’ll have a read of the links you mentioned in the opening. Hopefully this post draws some of them in. If someone has any advice on where a technically competent generalist should be pointed, feel free to let me know.
I’m tempted to say great list, but I can’t claim to have read everything on it. So, instead, I’ll say thanks for sharing! I look forward to reading what I have not already.
One thing I’ll say is that, as a generalist, you need to be willing to read things that don’t seem related to what your current primary interest(s) may be. You cannot be constrained in that way. But, by obvious implication, the trap of the generalist is that they are not constrained. They can get lost and wander without direction. Foragers with no base to bring their found goods back to.
(I do think generalists would benefit from being constrained, and typically focusing on skills or knowledge that potentiates, scales, or elongates time-horizons, for example, is some of the most beneficial.)
I wanted to highlight this, as the most impactful books I’ve read on dealing with emotions/people/hard problems/anything (often, but not always) weren’t directly about that topic.
I like this list as it provides generalised advice within some scoped (though broad) space. It provides variety and disparate connections, which the generalist mind craves, without entirely lacking structure or direction.
Finally, I wasn’t aware of this need for generalists. I’ll have a read of the links you mentioned in the opening. Hopefully this post draws some of them in. If someone has any advice on where a technically competent generalist should be pointed, feel free to let me know.