The jack of all trades is the master of none, but the master of one is the connector of none.
- Eric Weinstein
I understand the sentiment, which resonates with me as a jack of all trades who makes connections across disciplines personally. There is definitely something to it in modern academia. But, I'm not convinced it is empirically true because I can think of notable counterexamples of geniuses in one field who have very broad knowledge.
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