Some Advice

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

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  1. Of those, I would say only the following are necessary:

    set a bone, comfort the dying, cooperate, act alone, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, cook a tasty meal.

    The rest are just expressions of civilization – Heinlein seems to think that civilization *is* humanity. I disagree.

    “Plan an invasion” is, frankly, abhorrant.

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