A professional who is proficient in a certain subject or skill.
Contemporary society needs compound, applied and foreign-related talents of various majors. Today, when quality education is advocated, we should not only learn professional knowledge well, but also expand our knowledge and learn professional knowledge well to meet the needs of social development. Only with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, with innovative spirit and problem-solving ability, can we be called talents, adapt to social needs and develop ourselves in today's society.
But in the era of knowledge explosion, the relationship between disciplines has become very close. For example, if you are a software engineer, you should not only know the software you have, but also know the knowledge of biology, because the technology of using biological cells as processors is developing, so knowledge is better than skills.
What will you do if the goal you have been setting is wrong? We have been choosing goals all our lives, but the size and distance are different, but there are only two ultimate goals: heaven and hell. If you often switch between different goals, you can improve your life, so what's wrong with stepping on the X ship?
About generalists
Talking about modern society, benign operation and sustainable development are the primary requirements of modern society. A high degree of division of labor is a prominent feature of modern society, but a high degree of integration is more obvious.
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This is a basic and urgent requirement of contemporary society.
2. The social division of labor has been refined, but if the fragments produced by refinement cannot be integrated, where can we find the benign operation and sustainable development of the whole society?
3. Every step of social division of labor brings higher integration requirements. Is it necessary to communicate between different divisions of labor at this time? Is it necessary to integrate different disciplines? Then, a generalist with a broad knowledge platform and rich knowledge reserves and a specialist with only a single skill and knowledge can better communicate between different divisions of labor? Who can fully integrate different disciplines? Therefore, the benign operation and sustainable development of modern society need more generalists!
Fourth, let's look at the motive force of modern social development-innovation. From the synthesis of ancient science to the differentiation of modern science, and then to the new synthesis of science today, the situation of strict barriers and fragmentation of disciplines no longer exists. We see that various disciplines communicate with each other, blend with each other and penetrate each other. Today's innovation lies in the intersection, exchange, integration and synthesis of different ideas, fields and disciplines. Is a generalist with such a wide caliber and a thick foundation better than a narrow caliber? Therefore, the breakthrough and enterprising of modern society need all-rounder more.
Let's take a look at a real problem in modern society-the frequent flow of talents. Americans have to change jobs seven or eight times in their lives. With the continuous progress of China's market economy, the adjustment of industrial structure and the deepening of professional structure, we find that the flow of talents across industries and fields is becoming more and more frequent. At this time, is a generalist with multiple skills better able to adapt to the changes of modern society than a generalist with only one skill? To sum up, we find that whether from a macro social perspective or a micro personal perspective, it can prove that what modern society needs more is a generalist!
Now it is said that everyone has a special post, so it cannot be considered that a person who has done the same job in a certain period of time is special, otherwise there will be no generalist in the world.
Now it is said that everyone has an advantageous major, so it cannot be said that with an advantageous major, this person is a specialist, otherwise there will be no generalist in the world.
Eight. There is a popular saying: synthesis is innovation, crossover is innovation, and penetration is innovation.
If this person has comprehensive knowledge, diverse skills and strong adaptability, this is the most needed suitable candidate and a more powerful candidate for social development.
X. first of all, there is a concept to be clear, that is, what does refinement bring? By simply applying the system theory, we can know that refinement brings higher requirements for integration. (Take out a piece of paper) This is a specific area of society, and now it is refined (tear up the paper). If this society requires not that every piece of paper is a piece of paper, but that it be integrated and work together, what is the first choice? How to combine them. To sum up, generalists can become the dominant factor of social needs.