Comments on: Ben Franklin’s Schedule http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kaleberg http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-26090 Kaleberg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:25:48 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/#comment-26090 The powerful goodness is a reference to the deity. Franklin, like many of the founding fathers, was a deist. Deists didn't consider god a personal creation, but rather a manifestation of the forces of the universe. Their religious creed was much closer to atheism than most modern religions. The powerful goodness is a reference to the deity. Franklin, like many of the founding fathers, was a deist. Deists didn’t consider god a personal creation, but rather a manifestation of the forces of the universe. Their religious creed was much closer to atheism than most modern religions.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-26073 Joey deVilla Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:52:25 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/#comment-26073 <strong>Johnny:</strong> Thanks for the kind words! If ever you feel down about not having a single specialization, remember <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" rel="nofollow">Robert Heinlein's</a> words: <blockquote>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. <strong>Specialization is for insects.</strong></blockquote> Johnny: Thanks for the kind words!

If ever you feel down about not having a single specialization, remember Robert Heinlein’s words:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

]]> By: Johnny http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-26071 Johnny Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:17:12 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/17/ben-franklins-schedule/#comment-26071 Wow, thanks for introducing to me the concept of a polymath. For the longest time I've been sad over being a "jack of all trades and master of none". Yes, I do get that a polymath isn't a "generalist". Still, I'm heartened to know that two people I look up to, you and Mr. Franklin, are exemplaries of polymaths :) Wow, thanks for introducing to me the concept of a polymath. For the longest time I’ve been sad over being a “jack of all trades and master of none”. Yes, I do get that a polymath isn’t a “generalist”. Still, I’m heartened to know that two people I look up to, you and Mr. Franklin, are exemplaries of polymaths :)

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