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by consteval 587 days ago
A veterinarian should also be able to inspect their tools, to some extent. I expect a homebuilder to at least kind of understand how a hammer works.

A computer is a tool. I don't expect them to know everything, but I do expect them to know a little.

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Exactly.

Ive started realizing that specialists who lack general skills like computer knowledge o the ability to learn things outside of their domain as needed are themselves tools.

If you can't understand things outside of a very narrow slice of specialization you're just a tool to be used by generalists.