Oct 04
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7023644.stm
Though this article may appear uninteresting to some, but it has a thought-provoking statement:
“Specialisation is short term-success but it is long-term risk; because as soon as the ecosystem becomes destabilised, you’re the first candidate to go extinct. It’s the generalists that get through“.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
really??? actually i hav always thought that being a generalist is not good…and i think i am one…know this a bit know that a bit, but never good at anything. we shall see…=) thanks for this article!
October 7th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
It’s exactly as it says, for the short term, specialisation is greatly desired, it pays well. But when the ecosystem changes, the specialisation may become obsolete…
U shud read Warren Buffet’s writings… especially how he refrained from jump into the dot-com badwagon…