What a better way to celebrate data privacy day than reading the latest newsletter from People First where I connect the dots between Climate Change, Supertramp, Big Tobacco, Technology, Sun Tzu and The Red Hot Chili Peppers .. and not always tenuously !!!
@JohnPhilpin As a rule I'm allergic to newsletters, but I subscribed and that newsletter was really good. I love it when a Generalist, converscent in many disciplines, gets up a full head of steam. ;-)
@bradenslen cough - umm little old me? Looks around ... if that was aimed at me - wow THANKYOU. I do often say about myself that ‘my speciality is generality’
@JohnPhilpin It was aimed at you, and intended as a compliment.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
@bradenslen That’s one of my favorite quotes. I used to collect a bunch of Heinlein quotes. I even had them on a very early website as a youngster, until his wife told me to take it down.
@dejus That's a favorite of mine. I try to be a generalist, but in my case that has translated to my mind is full of useless knowledge on subjects nobody cares about. :-)
