Jobs, Roles, You, Me - we're all products now. Start automating yourselves and finding new forms of value that you can spin up for your counterparties/colleagues .... 🤝
This is such a sharp distillation of what makes generalists uniquely suited for the AI era.
I've always tried to frame my own path like this: not about being “anti-specialist,” but about stacking skills, zooming out, and staying responsive to complexity. In a world of narrow models and fixed roles, curiosity and cross-functionality are superpowers.
This was a good read. One question - the book, Deep work, argues that humans find meaning in depth work. How do you think being a generalist works with that basic human need? Do we need to relook at our definition of depth?
Being a generalist doesn’t mean you never go deep. I think depth can show up in how well someone spots patterns and understands where one idea changes another.
Sometimes the valuable bit is seeing how one thing connects to another before everyone else catches up.
Jobs, Roles, You, Me - we're all products now. Start automating yourselves and finding new forms of value that you can spin up for your counterparties/colleagues .... 🤝
I like the practical advice for staying adaptable!
This is such a sharp distillation of what makes generalists uniquely suited for the AI era.
I've always tried to frame my own path like this: not about being “anti-specialist,” but about stacking skills, zooming out, and staying responsive to complexity. In a world of narrow models and fixed roles, curiosity and cross-functionality are superpowers.
Stay wide, stay weird, stay useful!
Some education systems also try to specialise you, but having a wider pool of knowledge will help us more in the long run.
Yeap. A lot of systems are still stuck in the old ways. The motivation to learn and generalized is largely up to you.
This was a good read. One question - the book, Deep work, argues that humans find meaning in depth work. How do you think being a generalist works with that basic human need? Do we need to relook at our definition of depth?
You’re right, that’s the bit to wrestle with.
Being a generalist doesn’t mean you never go deep. I think depth can show up in how well someone spots patterns and understands where one idea changes another.
Sometimes the valuable bit is seeing how one thing connects to another before everyone else catches up.