Season 1 · Episode 65
Range (David Epstein) - Book Review
February 13, 202113m 39sFull
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Show Notes
Is it better to generalise or specialise? 'Range' by David Epstein argues that generalists actually manage to do better in a specialised world. He previously wrote a book called 'The Sports Gene' and he himself said he put around 150% more effort into producing this book. Some arguments he makes are that hyper specialisation can be detrimental due to becoming cognitively entrenched in a field and that a thinker can become worse not better by the additional information they are provided.
Juan summarised the book as follows. "While a lot of what he says is true, I don't think hyper-specialisation is a bad thing and it is just when you actually decide to hyper-specialise seems to be the problem in the matter. Some of the best ways of learning for me personally is through engaging stories and this book has them. However it has 60-70 stories and probably has 10 too many."
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Synopsis
(3:58) - Cognitively Entrenched
(5:52) - Learning Is Hard
(8:02) - Information Overload
(11:49) - Summary
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Juan summarised the book as follows. "While a lot of what he says is true, I don't think hyper-specialisation is a bad thing and it is just when you actually decide to hyper-specialise seems to be the problem in the matter. Some of the best ways of learning for me personally is through engaging stories and this book has them. However it has 60-70 stories and probably has 10 too many."
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Synopsis
(3:58) - Cognitively Entrenched
(5:52) - Learning Is Hard
(8:02) - Information Overload
(11:49) - Summary
Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show