What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons…
– Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons…
– Wilfred Owen
Yeah, fuck specialists! If you aren’t good at everything, you’re worthless!
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.
-Robert A. Heinlein
How many brain sugeries did he perform? How many spaceflight trajectories did he calculate? How many high speed computer processors did he engineer?
I don’t know, I’ll go ask the dead man about his immortal fictional character.
Heinlein was a pompous ass and this quote is exhibit A.
I’m doubtful Heinlein ever designed a building or set a bone.
He was a notorious Minecraft streamer.
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That escalated quickly.
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Yeah, um, I was just making a little joke dude.
I think you overcorrected there a bit
Thinking isn’t a specialty, nor is strength
They are qualities that can be possessed by the same person