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.
First there was Pink. Then we had PowerOpen. Few remember the PowerOpen crisis. Apple customers and field reps pleaded with Apple to get on with PowerOpen, but the anti-Unix sentiment in Apple was too strong. A slow death followed.