Evolution is the law of life, and there is no evolution except towards individualism. When this tendency is not expressed, it is a case of artificially arrested growth, or of disease, or of death. These observations constitute the only reality. Until we see why the universe is built this way, we have not understood the first thing about it. We can well believe that we will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.
Specialization is for insects.
It is time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.