A review by orangeberry52
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

5.0

Honestly a really interesting book. They tell you growing up to specialize, specialize, specialize, and if you aren't a prodigy by 18 you feel like a piece of crap. This book tells you the exact opposite, that it is okay to be a "renaissance man" and try many different things, and they can be far more useful than you would think. All of science faces the danger of overspecialization and "parallel trenches." That's great news for me, since I have always had so many interests it felt wrong to try to do them all! Now I feel better about branching out.