![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter 5, subtitled “Thinking Outside Experience,” explores the importance of analogies as a tool for problem-solving: “Analogical thinking takes the new and makes it familiar, or takes the familiar and puts it in a new light, and allows humans to reason through problems they have never seen in unfamiliar contexts. I found the lessons of chapters 5 & 9 particularly impactful. Each chapter opens with a compelling story that serves as a springboard for the main point of the chapter (Epstein is an especially adept storyteller). ![]() Both specialization and range are necessary for human progress and fulfillment, but-as Epstein illustrates over the course of his book-range is uniquely positioned in the Information Age as a way to inject newfound creativity and outsized results for those who embrace it. ![]() Whereas hyperspecialization suggests a linear path from A to B, the narrative of range is more complex and circuitous, filled with detours and cul-de-sacs. Epstein contrasts this with “range,” an alternative approach that integrates knowledge from multiple domains. Hyperspecialization is the idea that a singular-focus combined with deliberate practice is the optimal path to success in a given field. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein (2019) is a thoughtful counterpoint to the narrative that success is best achieved through hyperspecialization. ![]()
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