Oh, as a topic wanderer myself (I don’t like the word “generalist”), I love and endorse this comic.

(via @simondlr’s newsletter).

@rianvdm Do you have a link to the newsletter article?

@rianvdm @simondlr I don't know if it's my adhd but sticking to one subject limits me. Every time I learn something new, it gives me new perspectives and feeds into the other things and makes all my skills and knowledge improve in different ways. Learning a language for example, widens my knowledge of how different languages work and helps me to understand etymology better and helps me more easily remember new words in all other subjects.

@rianvdm @simondlr for whatever reason I read it in voice of the narrator from The Stanley Parable.

@rianvdm @simondlr so much love this comic!

@rianvdm @simondlr I’d like to add the hashtag #adhd to this. 👍

@rianvdm @simondlr "topic wanderer", love it!

@rianvdm @simondlr There is such a thing as synergy.

Learning is not zero-sum.

@fedijedi Yep! https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-artification-of-culture

@rianvdm Thanks!

@bebatjof @rianvdm @simondlr i see the last bit of interpretation (in the brackets) a little different. the one with one skill up to great could also get up on the wall, if they use the bar as a pole and jump up/over the wall with it. but the one with many mediocre skills can also use those as a ladder, as depicted in the comic. both get to a nice result, but with different tools.

@rianvdm @simondlr If I know one word from every language, what value it brings? If I know 300 words from one language, I clearly see the value. I'm guessing the graph reflects moderate investment into the interests, which on other hand prevent having too many interests.

@okias @rianvdm @simondlr Knowing "hello" in every language is fundamental ATC skill :-).