Today in books I added and completely forgot about, I have a feeling I thought this was going to be another book like How to be Everything. And it kind of was, but mostly was not.
Range is an argument for and a series of stories about not specializing and instead getting a broader background in terms of education and experiences. Each chapter takes a slightly different perspective on how either specialization doesn’t provide the insight that might be required to accomplish some big endeavour and gives them a limited view, or how people with very wide and varied background were able to bring perspectives that were able to create something great.
I thought it was a really interesting read. As someone who has often been in work situations as the only one who has a broader background, it’s come in handy and it’s interesting to see how that can be applied much more broadly to wider applications. It’s good to see that this personal experience appears to be not so isolated to just myself.
Overall, I thought it was a really interesting read. Definitely worth checking out if you have some time, and especially if you’re feeling like you’re meandering in life.