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 ~
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This is good. The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. Learn to do it all!
Whoa! Powerful. I would offer specialization might be for cats, as well. :-)
Conn a ship? WTF!?
Ha! Love this. Had to look up "conn a ship". It's not even in this online spell-checker! How wonderful that Heinlein included changing a diaper in his list. What a different world it would be if each of us knew and understood each other's work intimately. How marvelous if we were all simultaneously so self-sufficient and so full of understanding of the other's skills.
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