Here is a startling conclusion. You can be competent at many things, but you can only be good at one. Our society has become very specialized and as a result, the people that have more value will be the ones with the expertise in one thing. The challenge is the one thing will have at least 5 or 6 major innovations in your lifetime. Happy studying. Guy

Day 353 – les Lumières
Immanuel Kant’s 1784 essay, “What is enlightenment?” marked the end of an era, much like we might be at the cusp of a new one today. The Enlightenment, characterized by reason and a departure from superstition, was known as *les Lumières* by the French and *Aufklärung* by the Germans. We are now entering an “Age of Knowledge” where access to information is ubiquitous, shifting the focus from acquiring knowledge to exercising judgment.


