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.

@rianvdm @simondlr

#alttext4u (feel free to edit your post and copy this in)

Four panel comic.

First panel.
"You can achieve true greatness if you focus fully on one thing."
Illustrated bar graph of a single bar named "skill", going from "bad" to "good" all the way to "great". The bar goes horizontal and a little human is standing on top of it, at the label "great", smiling.

Second panel.
"If you have too many interests you'll never reach your full potential"
Illustrated bar graph of several bars labelled skill, at various short lengths, reaching "bad" but not "good".
Lil human looking sad.

Third panel.
"Wait, where the fuck are you going?"
Lil human using all those bars as a ladder.

Fourth panel.
Lil human discovered that on top of the graph was a nice view, which he is now admiring. (Which he couldn't have reached by having one or two great skills)

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@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.

@glowl @rianvdm @simondlr I kinda agree with what you say, but not with the idea that the comic communicates this.

@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 :-).