That's fascinating! And it absolutely aligns with frustrations I've heard from people who worked in small businesses (where they were jacks of all trades) and ended up in larger companies where everyone is a "master" of one (though master is hardly the right word in too many cases).
Yes definitely! It’s always been a good idea to be multi-skilled but in the age of large language models it will be more important for people to be able to do the “big picture work” to manage the machines. (And of course there will always be needed skills with human hands that computers can’t do!)
He had a fascinating example of pro team chess players where teams who had big picture people working with computers could beat just the computers every time- that’s encouraging!
This is a great review. I have a couple of kids who are definitely interested in MANY trades but don't really care to master any of them. I'm going to look for the youth version of this book, for sure!
That's fascinating! And it absolutely aligns with frustrations I've heard from people who worked in small businesses (where they were jacks of all trades) and ended up in larger companies where everyone is a "master" of one (though master is hardly the right word in too many cases).
Yes definitely! It’s always been a good idea to be multi-skilled but in the age of large language models it will be more important for people to be able to do the “big picture work” to manage the machines. (And of course there will always be needed skills with human hands that computers can’t do!)
He had a fascinating example of pro team chess players where teams who had big picture people working with computers could beat just the computers every time- that’s encouraging!
This is a great review. I have a couple of kids who are definitely interested in MANY trades but don't really care to master any of them. I'm going to look for the youth version of this book, for sure!
Thanks! My library didn’t have the youth one so I will probably buy it to check it out.
I love this book so much and recommend it to dads who are in unsure about Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education.
Oh that’s a great idea!