Heehee. I've got to say, even before I read this *buffet*, I just left a comment on one of your other posts thanking you for the new *food for thought*. Having fun with memes. =)
I also did the buffet thing at my French Uni way back then in 65-66, when one still could. Just one year, but oh it was good. Now my only specialty (besides literature) is SF &Co. -- and there is no specialization there, you must have at least a bit of everything, or, better, a lot. My totem is supposed to be the honey badger, my departed companion said, but I love mongoose since I read Kipling as a child --and they are not afraid of venimous snakes either, are they ?
Great post. Interestingly, so many people push for "be a specialist" and not "be the generalist that makes connections and connects-the-dots." I may not have been a mongoose, but I think I ottered my way through it all. Thanks.
I'll be honest, pretending to be a specialist is how i actually pay the bills. But the generalist mind is how i stay sane despite it. I suspect that the future belongs to the generalist.
Captain Robert would probably be very interested in that link about Spotify. You may want to post the link, either here, or in response to his article. (https://substack.com/home/post/p-195889617) He demonstrated much the same thing (the problem, NOT the solution, which it sounds like that piece is groping at), in a couple posts earlier this week.
Re. Lady T's comment on the King's speech, it was refreshing, certainly. A gently delivered reminder of shared mission, which was, I think, encouragement for some, perhaps a reminder or wake up call for a few. You can see in Charles's facial expression a couple of times, a look of "I made a funny". He really enjoyed delivering the speech, and knows how to hire a competent speechwriter, and work with him to get exactly the message he wants across.
But sadly, I suspect the subtlety allowed most, or all, of those reminders to go completely over the heads of the elements in the audience who are part of a movement that has, to quote @stonekettle, "all the self-awareness of a dog licking its own [rear end] on a public sidewalk" (https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/01/).
Other than that, the remarkable thing, to me about the speech was how much cheering there was gong on. Typically, in speeches from the throne* , the room is dead silent during the speech, and applause is before / after, and maybe at a VERY few key moments. vs the speech to congress, where the seals were clapping once or twice a paragraph, and the clapping just went on for an uncomfortable length of time. (I don't mean this as criticism, but just observation.)
* (e.g. https://www.cpac.ca/cpac-special/episode/speech-from-the-throne-to-open-the-45th-parliament-of-canada (at around 1:46 in - a bit earlier if you can follow the French, and turn translation off), which, while it was following the tradition of a Speech from the Throne, a very rare occurrence, (Usually in Canada, the speech is delivered by the Governor General in the King's name, not by the king himself ... this is only the third time, ever, that the monarch has given the speech) so somewhat analogous to the speech in Washington from that respect.
A flourishing spiral, Caracol. The inside and outside continually exchange. Adelante.
Links and nodes, and a spiral too. It’s a connected universe.
Heehee. I've got to say, even before I read this *buffet*, I just left a comment on one of your other posts thanking you for the new *food for thought*. Having fun with memes. =)
It's a pleasure to share the feast with you.
I also did the buffet thing at my French Uni way back then in 65-66, when one still could. Just one year, but oh it was good. Now my only specialty (besides literature) is SF &Co. -- and there is no specialization there, you must have at least a bit of everything, or, better, a lot. My totem is supposed to be the honey badger, my departed companion said, but I love mongoose since I read Kipling as a child --and they are not afraid of venimous snakes either, are they ?
Honey badger. She's little, but she's fierce. I love that for you! Badger also has her place in my bestiary.
https://jamesmack2.substack.com/p/the-way-of-the-badger?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=bojza
Great post. Interestingly, so many people push for "be a specialist" and not "be the generalist that makes connections and connects-the-dots." I may not have been a mongoose, but I think I ottered my way through it all. Thanks.
I'll be honest, pretending to be a specialist is how i actually pay the bills. But the generalist mind is how i stay sane despite it. I suspect that the future belongs to the generalist.
Captain Robert would probably be very interested in that link about Spotify. You may want to post the link, either here, or in response to his article. (https://substack.com/home/post/p-195889617) He demonstrated much the same thing (the problem, NOT the solution, which it sounds like that piece is groping at), in a couple posts earlier this week.
Re. Lady T's comment on the King's speech, it was refreshing, certainly. A gently delivered reminder of shared mission, which was, I think, encouragement for some, perhaps a reminder or wake up call for a few. You can see in Charles's facial expression a couple of times, a look of "I made a funny". He really enjoyed delivering the speech, and knows how to hire a competent speechwriter, and work with him to get exactly the message he wants across.
But sadly, I suspect the subtlety allowed most, or all, of those reminders to go completely over the heads of the elements in the audience who are part of a movement that has, to quote @stonekettle, "all the self-awareness of a dog licking its own [rear end] on a public sidewalk" (https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/01/).
Other than that, the remarkable thing, to me about the speech was how much cheering there was gong on. Typically, in speeches from the throne* , the room is dead silent during the speech, and applause is before / after, and maybe at a VERY few key moments. vs the speech to congress, where the seals were clapping once or twice a paragraph, and the clapping just went on for an uncomfortable length of time. (I don't mean this as criticism, but just observation.)
* (e.g. https://www.cpac.ca/cpac-special/episode/speech-from-the-throne-to-open-the-45th-parliament-of-canada (at around 1:46 in - a bit earlier if you can follow the French, and turn translation off), which, while it was following the tradition of a Speech from the Throne, a very rare occurrence, (Usually in Canada, the speech is delivered by the Governor General in the King's name, not by the king himself ... this is only the third time, ever, that the monarch has given the speech) so somewhat analogous to the speech in Washington from that respect.
or - if you want the real deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OcpNleUlJE&list=PLilBYVf0P9aa2nXexI8-KLlu9p5CAa4gX&index=3 at 17:30)
Oh! That dog! He is not a good boy. 🐶
That one made me cry. I once told Dan I would read anything that said by Terry Pratchett on it. The same is true for your name.
Awww. Love you, friend!