Specialization is all the rage these days. In the English-speaking world, a generalist is a Jack or Jill of all trades, but the master of none. The Greeks caution that a person “who knows a lot of crafts lives in an empty house.”55 The Koreans believe a person of “12 talents has nothing to eat for dinner.”56 This attitude comes at a cost. It stifles the cross-pollination of ideas from different disciplines.
